NYS FUNERAL LAW EXAM 2 2026 ACTUAL
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ Order of priority on disposition
Answer: 1 Agent
2. Spouse or domestic partner
3. Children over 18
4. Parents
5. Siblings
◉ What must be displayed conspicuously in every funeral home?
Answer: Establishment registration and manager license
◉ Rental caskets are prohibited from use during a viewing/wake in
NYS
Answer: False
◉ A person is defined as a natural person after the age of
Answer: 18 years old
,◉ Registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must
include
Answer: -sale or transfer of all funeral firm assets
-sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
-termination of the business entity
◉ What doesn't apply to establishments registered prior to
5/1/1974
Answer: Requirement of a prep room
◉ At the very bottom of the priority list for right of disposition is a
chief fiscal officer of a county
Answer: true
◉ Funeral Homes are prohibited by law from making any profit
Answer: Common carrier charges
◉ Which of the titles authorizes the holder to make funeral
arrangements?
Answer: Funeral Director
◉ What is not required by law?
Answer: -Embalming
, -Casket for direct cremation
-Vault not required unless the cemetery says so
-Purchasing goods
◉ Max rate of interest that may be charged on unpaid balances per
year
Answer: 16%
◉ (non profit cemeteries) Cemeteries to make interments available
through the year 6 days a week excluding legal holidays
Answer: The Winter Law
◉ Documents which have been obtained for or supplies by the
customer must be given to the customer within
Answer: One week of the funeral
◉ When buying in a cemetery and no one is in charge, the FD must
Answer: -sign the permit
-write across it "no person in charge"
-file the permit (in the location of the cemetery)
◉ Funeral establishment must have a minimum of ___ sq feet
dedicated to a chapel or reposing room
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
COMPLETE STUDY PACKAGE
◉ Order of priority on disposition
Answer: 1 Agent
2. Spouse or domestic partner
3. Children over 18
4. Parents
5. Siblings
◉ What must be displayed conspicuously in every funeral home?
Answer: Establishment registration and manager license
◉ Rental caskets are prohibited from use during a viewing/wake in
NYS
Answer: False
◉ A person is defined as a natural person after the age of
Answer: 18 years old
,◉ Registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must
include
Answer: -sale or transfer of all funeral firm assets
-sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
-termination of the business entity
◉ What doesn't apply to establishments registered prior to
5/1/1974
Answer: Requirement of a prep room
◉ At the very bottom of the priority list for right of disposition is a
chief fiscal officer of a county
Answer: true
◉ Funeral Homes are prohibited by law from making any profit
Answer: Common carrier charges
◉ Which of the titles authorizes the holder to make funeral
arrangements?
Answer: Funeral Director
◉ What is not required by law?
Answer: -Embalming
, -Casket for direct cremation
-Vault not required unless the cemetery says so
-Purchasing goods
◉ Max rate of interest that may be charged on unpaid balances per
year
Answer: 16%
◉ (non profit cemeteries) Cemeteries to make interments available
through the year 6 days a week excluding legal holidays
Answer: The Winter Law
◉ Documents which have been obtained for or supplies by the
customer must be given to the customer within
Answer: One week of the funeral
◉ When buying in a cemetery and no one is in charge, the FD must
Answer: -sign the permit
-write across it "no person in charge"
-file the permit (in the location of the cemetery)
◉ Funeral establishment must have a minimum of ___ sq feet
dedicated to a chapel or reposing room
