NEVADA FUNERAL ARRANGER TEST STUDY GUIDE
What is Cremation? What is the difference between a Crematory and Direct Cremation
Facility? - Answers- Cremation: reducing human remains to bone fragments with heat
and evaporation
Crematory: area housing chamber for cremation and the holding facility
Direct Cremation Facility: place with a specific address devoted to direct cremation; only
cremation; no services held
Funeral Directors do _____? - Answers- Prepare or contract embalming, cremation,
burial or disposal/ funerals
OR
Direct and supervise funerals, burials, cremations, or dispositions of the dead
Exclusions to the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards are
_______? - Answers- People who shroud the dead
Cemetery employees who only work in the cemetery
Federal institutions
Offices of the U.S. Armed Forces
Native Indian pursuant
What are the duties of a Funeral Director who obtains unclaimed remains thought to be
a veteran? - Answers- 1. Report the name to the Department of Veteran Services within
a year
2. (After receiving a report from the Department of Veteran Services saying remains are
a veteran); Arrange disposition with: national or veteran cemetery, Department of
Veteran Services
What is the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Board? - Answers- Two active directors or
embalmers
One active crematory operator
One cemetery or direct cremation facility operator
Three people not affiliated with the funeral business
How often can the Board call for an inspection? - Answers- At least once every two
years by someone not a member of the Board
Embalmers with apprentices must _____? - Answers- Report semiannually (Before July
1 and January 1) about the work done of the apprentice(s)
Keep the apprentice no more than 2 consecutive years
Personally supervise the apprentice(s)
Funeral Directors ______? - Answers- Are 18+ years with good moral standing
, Passed the Director's Exam on: Laws and regulations regarding funeral services and
disposition of the dead, local health practices, signs of death/ how is determined, and
Federal funeral regulations
Must have 1+ years as an arranger
Licensed by the Board as a Director
Funeral arrangers _____? - Answers- Are 18+ years with good moral standing
Pass test on funeral law and regulations, local health rules and Federal regulations
Licenses must be ____ in the work place? - Answers- Licenses must be displayed
openly in the workplace
False or Misleading Advertising includes ____? - Answers- Listing ONLY casket prices;
not saying prices of other goods and services
Charging cost AND a percentage for goods and services
Selling stock in establishment that doesn't grant percentage of ownership
Charging below reasonable cost of merchandise and overhead
Saying competitors charge too much
Claiming to be attacked by other mortuaries
Claiming to defend public interest/ not being in a monopoly
Not stating limits of Direct Cremation (if a Direct Cremation Facility)
Advertising under different information than on certificate
Unprofessional conduct includes _____? - Answers- Misrepresentation/ fraud of
business
Soliciting (Not general advertisement)
Employment of solicitors to get business
Grounds for disciplinary action are ____? - Answers- 1. Gross incompetency
2. Unprofessional, unethical or dishonest conduct
3. Habitual intemperance
4. Illegally/fraud while embalming
5. Employing solicitors
6. Malpractice
7. Gross immorality
8. Using illegal drugs
9. Conviction of a felony regarding embalming
10. False or misleading advertisement
11. Refusing to give a body to someone legally entitled to it
12. Stealing front a trust
What happens when a Board member conducts an investigation? - Answers- The
designated member reports to the Attorney General for: dismissing the investigation or
continuing
How long is a Fiscal Year? - Answers- July 1 to June 30
What is Cremation? What is the difference between a Crematory and Direct Cremation
Facility? - Answers- Cremation: reducing human remains to bone fragments with heat
and evaporation
Crematory: area housing chamber for cremation and the holding facility
Direct Cremation Facility: place with a specific address devoted to direct cremation; only
cremation; no services held
Funeral Directors do _____? - Answers- Prepare or contract embalming, cremation,
burial or disposal/ funerals
OR
Direct and supervise funerals, burials, cremations, or dispositions of the dead
Exclusions to the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards are
_______? - Answers- People who shroud the dead
Cemetery employees who only work in the cemetery
Federal institutions
Offices of the U.S. Armed Forces
Native Indian pursuant
What are the duties of a Funeral Director who obtains unclaimed remains thought to be
a veteran? - Answers- 1. Report the name to the Department of Veteran Services within
a year
2. (After receiving a report from the Department of Veteran Services saying remains are
a veteran); Arrange disposition with: national or veteran cemetery, Department of
Veteran Services
What is the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Board? - Answers- Two active directors or
embalmers
One active crematory operator
One cemetery or direct cremation facility operator
Three people not affiliated with the funeral business
How often can the Board call for an inspection? - Answers- At least once every two
years by someone not a member of the Board
Embalmers with apprentices must _____? - Answers- Report semiannually (Before July
1 and January 1) about the work done of the apprentice(s)
Keep the apprentice no more than 2 consecutive years
Personally supervise the apprentice(s)
Funeral Directors ______? - Answers- Are 18+ years with good moral standing
, Passed the Director's Exam on: Laws and regulations regarding funeral services and
disposition of the dead, local health practices, signs of death/ how is determined, and
Federal funeral regulations
Must have 1+ years as an arranger
Licensed by the Board as a Director
Funeral arrangers _____? - Answers- Are 18+ years with good moral standing
Pass test on funeral law and regulations, local health rules and Federal regulations
Licenses must be ____ in the work place? - Answers- Licenses must be displayed
openly in the workplace
False or Misleading Advertising includes ____? - Answers- Listing ONLY casket prices;
not saying prices of other goods and services
Charging cost AND a percentage for goods and services
Selling stock in establishment that doesn't grant percentage of ownership
Charging below reasonable cost of merchandise and overhead
Saying competitors charge too much
Claiming to be attacked by other mortuaries
Claiming to defend public interest/ not being in a monopoly
Not stating limits of Direct Cremation (if a Direct Cremation Facility)
Advertising under different information than on certificate
Unprofessional conduct includes _____? - Answers- Misrepresentation/ fraud of
business
Soliciting (Not general advertisement)
Employment of solicitors to get business
Grounds for disciplinary action are ____? - Answers- 1. Gross incompetency
2. Unprofessional, unethical or dishonest conduct
3. Habitual intemperance
4. Illegally/fraud while embalming
5. Employing solicitors
6. Malpractice
7. Gross immorality
8. Using illegal drugs
9. Conviction of a felony regarding embalming
10. False or misleading advertisement
11. Refusing to give a body to someone legally entitled to it
12. Stealing front a trust
What happens when a Board member conducts an investigation? - Answers- The
designated member reports to the Attorney General for: dismissing the investigation or
continuing
How long is a Fiscal Year? - Answers- July 1 to June 30
