PA WRITTEN PRACTICAL FUNERAL
DIRECTOR UPDATED FINAL PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
◉ 'Board'.
Answer: The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of
State of the Commonwealth.
◉ Bureau.
Answer: The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth.
◉ Commissioner.
Answer: The Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of
the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
◉ Funeral Entity.
Answer: A restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-
1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or
estate authorized by the Board to practice the profession of funeral
director.
◉ Funeral establishment.
,Answer: A place or premise approved by the Board wherein a licensed
funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing,
including the preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead.
◉ Hour of continuing education.
Answer: Sixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved course of
continuing education.
◉ Licensed funeral director.
Answer: An individual who has met the educational requirements and
passed the examinations required by the act.
◉ Limited license.
Answer: A license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed
to practice funeral directing in a reciprocal state to practice funeral
directing in this Commonwealth in accordance with section 9(c) of the
act (63 P. S. § 479.9(c)).
◉ Preceptor.
Answer: A licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident
intern is registered and operates.
◉ Premises.
Answer: The property on which the funeral establishment is located
which consists of a tract of land not intersected by a public highway or
thoroughfare.
,◉ Prepaid burial account.
Answer: An account in which moneys are deposited by the funeral
director during the lifetime of an individual in accordance with a
contract executed between the parties for funeral merchandise and
services to be performed and delivered at a future time.
◉ Prepaid burial contract.
Answer: A contract executed between a consumer and a licensed funeral
director which provides that the funeral director will provide funeral
merchandise and render services to the consumer upon the consumer's
death or the death of another designated individual and for which the
consumer pays to the funeral director moneys at the time of the contract
or at a time prior to the rendition of these services.
◉ Profession.
Answer: The aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties
and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral directors
licensed under the act.
◉ Reciprocal state.
Answer: The District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United
States of America whose agency that is authorized to license persons to
practice the profession of funeral director in that jurisdiction has entered
into an agreement with the Board under which persons licensed in that
jurisdiction may receive a limited license in this Commonwealth.
, ◉ Restricted business corporation.
Answer: business corporation formed under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the
Associations Code) and authorized under the act.
◉ What are the General Requirements for licensure?.
Answer: (21 years of age or older, of good moral character and shall
present satisfactory evidence to the Board that the applicant has satisfied
the educational and training requirements of the act and this chapter.pass
a combined oral, practical and written examination. A limited exception
will be the granting of a restricted license to estates, widow's or
widower's of deceased funeral directors.
◉ What is the initial registration fee for student trainee?.
Answer: $25
◉ What is the Annual registration fee for student trainee?.
Answer: $15
◉ What is the Initial registration fee for resident intern?.
Answer: $25
◉ What is the initial registration fee for preceptor or change?.
Answer: $25
◉ What is the initial license fee for funeral director?.
DIRECTOR UPDATED FINAL PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
◉ 'Board'.
Answer: The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of
State of the Commonwealth.
◉ Bureau.
Answer: The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth.
◉ Commissioner.
Answer: The Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of
the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
◉ Funeral Entity.
Answer: A restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-
1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or
estate authorized by the Board to practice the profession of funeral
director.
◉ Funeral establishment.
,Answer: A place or premise approved by the Board wherein a licensed
funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing,
including the preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead.
◉ Hour of continuing education.
Answer: Sixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved course of
continuing education.
◉ Licensed funeral director.
Answer: An individual who has met the educational requirements and
passed the examinations required by the act.
◉ Limited license.
Answer: A license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed
to practice funeral directing in a reciprocal state to practice funeral
directing in this Commonwealth in accordance with section 9(c) of the
act (63 P. S. § 479.9(c)).
◉ Preceptor.
Answer: A licensed funeral director under or with whom a resident
intern is registered and operates.
◉ Premises.
Answer: The property on which the funeral establishment is located
which consists of a tract of land not intersected by a public highway or
thoroughfare.
,◉ Prepaid burial account.
Answer: An account in which moneys are deposited by the funeral
director during the lifetime of an individual in accordance with a
contract executed between the parties for funeral merchandise and
services to be performed and delivered at a future time.
◉ Prepaid burial contract.
Answer: A contract executed between a consumer and a licensed funeral
director which provides that the funeral director will provide funeral
merchandise and render services to the consumer upon the consumer's
death or the death of another designated individual and for which the
consumer pays to the funeral director moneys at the time of the contract
or at a time prior to the rendition of these services.
◉ Profession.
Answer: The aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties
and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral directors
licensed under the act.
◉ Reciprocal state.
Answer: The District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United
States of America whose agency that is authorized to license persons to
practice the profession of funeral director in that jurisdiction has entered
into an agreement with the Board under which persons licensed in that
jurisdiction may receive a limited license in this Commonwealth.
, ◉ Restricted business corporation.
Answer: business corporation formed under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the
Associations Code) and authorized under the act.
◉ What are the General Requirements for licensure?.
Answer: (21 years of age or older, of good moral character and shall
present satisfactory evidence to the Board that the applicant has satisfied
the educational and training requirements of the act and this chapter.pass
a combined oral, practical and written examination. A limited exception
will be the granting of a restricted license to estates, widow's or
widower's of deceased funeral directors.
◉ What is the initial registration fee for student trainee?.
Answer: $25
◉ What is the Annual registration fee for student trainee?.
Answer: $15
◉ What is the Initial registration fee for resident intern?.
Answer: $25
◉ What is the initial registration fee for preceptor or change?.
Answer: $25
◉ What is the initial license fee for funeral director?.
