FUNERAL DIRECTOR LICENSURE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Apprentice
Answer: A person who is registered with the Board and is engaged in
learning the practice of embalming or the business of funeral directing,
under the instruction and direct personal supervision of a licensed
embalmer or funeral director of the State of Arkansas.
●● Arrangements
Answer: to advise, counsel, and/or enter into agreements about specifics
for any services in advance of a death, or following a death.
●● Authority Having Jurisdiction ("AHJ")
Answer: The individual, agency, or office in this state or another state
that has authority to release dead human bodies for final disposition.
●● Authorizing Agent(s)
Answer: A person legally entitled to control the disposition of the
remains of a deceased person, as defined by Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-
102. In the case of individuals who have donated their bodies to science,
and in which the institution is charged with making arrangements for the
,final disposition of the deceased, a representative of the institution, if
legally authorized, may serve as the authorizing agent.
●● Bait Advertising
Answer: Advertising a funeral, or an alternative type of service, which
the advertising funeral firm, in truth, does not intend or does not wish to
sell. Its purpose is to induce persons "before the time of need," or "at
need," to visit or call the funeral firm, and then sell them a higher priced
service.
●● Board
Answer: As used in this Rule, it shall mean the State Board of
Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.
●● Cash Advance or Cash Accommodations
Answer: Monies paid to outside parties by the funeral director or the
funeral service firm, on behalf of the authorizing agent.
●● Casket
Answer: A rigid container in which the dead body is placed for use in
religious services or other ceremonies, transportation, or final
disposition; usually constructed of wood, metal, or manufactured
materials such as plastic, fiberglass, chipboard, pressed paper,
paperboard or corrugated paper.
,●● Closed Container
Answer: Any container in which cremated remains can be placed and
closed in a manner so as to be resistant to leakage or spillage of
cremated remains or the entrance of foreign materials.
●● Committal Service
Answer: The final rite or ceremony
●● Cremation/Calcination
Answer: The Cremation Association of North America defines
cremation as, "the mechanical and/or thermal or other dissolution
process that reduces human remains to bone fragments." Cremation
includes the processing, and usually includes the pulverization of the
bone fragments.
●● Crematory
Answer: The building or portion of a building that houses the retort, and
that may house a holding facility for purposes of cremation, and as part
of a funeral establishment.
●● Crematory Authority
Answer: The legal entity or the authorized representative of the legal
entity which is licensed by the Board to operate a crematory and perform
cremations.
, ●● Cremation Chamber
Answer: The enclosed space within which the cremation process takes
place.
●● Cremation Container
Answer: The container in which the human remains are placed in the
cremation chamber for a cremation, and which should be required by the
crematory authority if the remains are not in a casket
●● A cremation container should meet substantially all of the following
standards:
Answer: 1. Be composed of readily combustible materials suitable for
cremations
2. Be able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the
human remains
3. Be resistant to leakage or spillage
4. Be rigid enough for handling with ease
5. Be able to provide protection for the health, safety and personal
integrity of crematory personnel.
●● Cremated Remains or Cremains
Answer: All human remains recovered after the completion of the
cremation process, including pulverization, which leaves only bone
fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Apprentice
Answer: A person who is registered with the Board and is engaged in
learning the practice of embalming or the business of funeral directing,
under the instruction and direct personal supervision of a licensed
embalmer or funeral director of the State of Arkansas.
●● Arrangements
Answer: to advise, counsel, and/or enter into agreements about specifics
for any services in advance of a death, or following a death.
●● Authority Having Jurisdiction ("AHJ")
Answer: The individual, agency, or office in this state or another state
that has authority to release dead human bodies for final disposition.
●● Authorizing Agent(s)
Answer: A person legally entitled to control the disposition of the
remains of a deceased person, as defined by Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-
102. In the case of individuals who have donated their bodies to science,
and in which the institution is charged with making arrangements for the
,final disposition of the deceased, a representative of the institution, if
legally authorized, may serve as the authorizing agent.
●● Bait Advertising
Answer: Advertising a funeral, or an alternative type of service, which
the advertising funeral firm, in truth, does not intend or does not wish to
sell. Its purpose is to induce persons "before the time of need," or "at
need," to visit or call the funeral firm, and then sell them a higher priced
service.
●● Board
Answer: As used in this Rule, it shall mean the State Board of
Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.
●● Cash Advance or Cash Accommodations
Answer: Monies paid to outside parties by the funeral director or the
funeral service firm, on behalf of the authorizing agent.
●● Casket
Answer: A rigid container in which the dead body is placed for use in
religious services or other ceremonies, transportation, or final
disposition; usually constructed of wood, metal, or manufactured
materials such as plastic, fiberglass, chipboard, pressed paper,
paperboard or corrugated paper.
,●● Closed Container
Answer: Any container in which cremated remains can be placed and
closed in a manner so as to be resistant to leakage or spillage of
cremated remains or the entrance of foreign materials.
●● Committal Service
Answer: The final rite or ceremony
●● Cremation/Calcination
Answer: The Cremation Association of North America defines
cremation as, "the mechanical and/or thermal or other dissolution
process that reduces human remains to bone fragments." Cremation
includes the processing, and usually includes the pulverization of the
bone fragments.
●● Crematory
Answer: The building or portion of a building that houses the retort, and
that may house a holding facility for purposes of cremation, and as part
of a funeral establishment.
●● Crematory Authority
Answer: The legal entity or the authorized representative of the legal
entity which is licensed by the Board to operate a crematory and perform
cremations.
, ●● Cremation Chamber
Answer: The enclosed space within which the cremation process takes
place.
●● Cremation Container
Answer: The container in which the human remains are placed in the
cremation chamber for a cremation, and which should be required by the
crematory authority if the remains are not in a casket
●● A cremation container should meet substantially all of the following
standards:
Answer: 1. Be composed of readily combustible materials suitable for
cremations
2. Be able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the
human remains
3. Be resistant to leakage or spillage
4. Be rigid enough for handling with ease
5. Be able to provide protection for the health, safety and personal
integrity of crematory personnel.
●● Cremated Remains or Cremains
Answer: All human remains recovered after the completion of the
cremation process, including pulverization, which leaves only bone
fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions
