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CA CEMETERY MANAGER EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
CA CEMETERY MANAGER EXAM
10 KEY EXAM COVERAGE AREAS
California cemetery manager licensing, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements
Cemetery operations, maintenance, grounds management, and facilities
Interment rights, cemetery property, permits, and authorization procedures
Contracts, disclosures, consumer transactions, and cemetery services
Endowment care funds, financial responsibilities, and cemetery accounts
Interment, burial, entombment, cremated remains, and disposition procedures
Disinterment, removal, identification, authorization, and reinterment
Cemetery records, reporting, documentation, and record retention
Pre-need arrangements, consumer protection, complaints, and professional conduct
Safety, employee supervision, operational emergencies, inspections, and compliance
1. What is the primary responsibility of a licensed California cemetery manager in relation
to cemetery operations?
A. Managing only cemetery sales transactions
B. Maintaining, operating, or improving the licensed cemetery and overseeing activities
associated with interment and cemetery property
C. Performing all funeral director duties
D. Managing only the cemetery's financial investments
Answer: B
Rationale: California defines cemetery manager activities broadly to include
maintaining, operating, or improving a licensed cemetery, interment of human remains,
and care of cemetery property.
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2. Which California agency administers licensing and regulatory oversight for cemetery
managers under the Cemetery and Funeral Act?
A. California Department of Motor Vehicles
B. California Department of Public Health exclusively
C. California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
D. California Department of Transportation
Answer: C
Rationale: The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau administers the applicable cemetery
manager licensing program.
3. What is required before an individual may legally perform cemetery manager activities
requiring a California cemetery manager license?
A. A valid, unexpired cemetery manager license
B. Only a cemetery salesperson license
C. A real estate salesperson license
D. A contractor's license
Answer: A
Rationale: California law requires a person engaging in cemetery manager activities to
hold a valid, unexpired cemetery manager license.
4. Which educational credential is identified by the California Cemetery and Funeral
Bureau as a basic eligibility requirement for a cemetery manager applicant?
A. Bachelor's degree in business
B. Associate degree in mortuary science
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C. Master's degree in public administration
D. High school diploma or equivalent
Answer: D
Rationale: The Bureau identifies a high school diploma or equivalent as an eligibility
requirement.
5. Why is maintaining a current cemetery manager license important for a person
performing regulated cemetery manager duties?
A. The license is required only for purchasing cemetery equipment
B. California law requires a valid, unexpired license for cemetery manager activities
C. The license only determines employee wages
D. The license is optional after initial employment
Answer: B
Rationale: A cemetery manager must hold a valid, unexpired license when performing
activities within the statutory definition.
6. What must a licensed cemetery manager generally have in addition to the manager
license when performing cemetery manager activities?
A. Employment by, or corporate-officer status with, a licensed cemetery
B. Employment by a hospital
C. Employment by a funeral school
D. Ownership of a crematory
Answer: A
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Rationale: California law specifies that a licensed cemetery manager must be employed
by or be a corporate officer of a licensed cemetery.
7. Which situation could create a licensing problem for a person who continues performing
cemetery manager duties after the license expires?
A. The person has completed annual grounds maintenance
B. The person has continued using an unexpired employee identification card
C. The person is performing activities requiring a valid cemetery manager license
without holding one
D. The person has completed required training
Answer: C
Rationale: Cemetery manager activities require the appropriate valid license under
California law.
8. What is the principal purpose of California cemetery regulation?
A. To eliminate private cemetery ownership
B. To protect consumers, cemetery property, human remains, and the public interest
C. To require every cemetery to be operated by a city
D. To prohibit pre-need arrangements
Answer: B
Rationale: Cemetery regulation establishes standards governing cemetery operations,
consumer transactions, disposition, records, and financial responsibilities.
CA CEMETERY MANAGER EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
CA CEMETERY MANAGER EXAM
10 KEY EXAM COVERAGE AREAS
California cemetery manager licensing, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements
Cemetery operations, maintenance, grounds management, and facilities
Interment rights, cemetery property, permits, and authorization procedures
Contracts, disclosures, consumer transactions, and cemetery services
Endowment care funds, financial responsibilities, and cemetery accounts
Interment, burial, entombment, cremated remains, and disposition procedures
Disinterment, removal, identification, authorization, and reinterment
Cemetery records, reporting, documentation, and record retention
Pre-need arrangements, consumer protection, complaints, and professional conduct
Safety, employee supervision, operational emergencies, inspections, and compliance
1. What is the primary responsibility of a licensed California cemetery manager in relation
to cemetery operations?
A. Managing only cemetery sales transactions
B. Maintaining, operating, or improving the licensed cemetery and overseeing activities
associated with interment and cemetery property
C. Performing all funeral director duties
D. Managing only the cemetery's financial investments
Answer: B
Rationale: California defines cemetery manager activities broadly to include
maintaining, operating, or improving a licensed cemetery, interment of human remains,
and care of cemetery property.
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2. Which California agency administers licensing and regulatory oversight for cemetery
managers under the Cemetery and Funeral Act?
A. California Department of Motor Vehicles
B. California Department of Public Health exclusively
C. California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
D. California Department of Transportation
Answer: C
Rationale: The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau administers the applicable cemetery
manager licensing program.
3. What is required before an individual may legally perform cemetery manager activities
requiring a California cemetery manager license?
A. A valid, unexpired cemetery manager license
B. Only a cemetery salesperson license
C. A real estate salesperson license
D. A contractor's license
Answer: A
Rationale: California law requires a person engaging in cemetery manager activities to
hold a valid, unexpired cemetery manager license.
4. Which educational credential is identified by the California Cemetery and Funeral
Bureau as a basic eligibility requirement for a cemetery manager applicant?
A. Bachelor's degree in business
B. Associate degree in mortuary science
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C. Master's degree in public administration
D. High school diploma or equivalent
Answer: D
Rationale: The Bureau identifies a high school diploma or equivalent as an eligibility
requirement.
5. Why is maintaining a current cemetery manager license important for a person
performing regulated cemetery manager duties?
A. The license is required only for purchasing cemetery equipment
B. California law requires a valid, unexpired license for cemetery manager activities
C. The license only determines employee wages
D. The license is optional after initial employment
Answer: B
Rationale: A cemetery manager must hold a valid, unexpired license when performing
activities within the statutory definition.
6. What must a licensed cemetery manager generally have in addition to the manager
license when performing cemetery manager activities?
A. Employment by, or corporate-officer status with, a licensed cemetery
B. Employment by a hospital
C. Employment by a funeral school
D. Ownership of a crematory
Answer: A
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Rationale: California law specifies that a licensed cemetery manager must be employed
by or be a corporate officer of a licensed cemetery.
7. Which situation could create a licensing problem for a person who continues performing
cemetery manager duties after the license expires?
A. The person has completed annual grounds maintenance
B. The person has continued using an unexpired employee identification card
C. The person is performing activities requiring a valid cemetery manager license
without holding one
D. The person has completed required training
Answer: C
Rationale: Cemetery manager activities require the appropriate valid license under
California law.
8. What is the principal purpose of California cemetery regulation?
A. To eliminate private cemetery ownership
B. To protect consumers, cemetery property, human remains, and the public interest
C. To require every cemetery to be operated by a city
D. To prohibit pre-need arrangements
Answer: B
Rationale: Cemetery regulation establishes standards governing cemetery operations,
consumer transactions, disposition, records, and financial responsibilities.
