Funeral Arranger practice test questions
with verified answers
The deceased was of legal age - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A will is an
instrument for the ordered disposition of real and personal property that is to
take effect upon death. Which of the following is a requirement for a will to
take effect?
The GPL for retention, and the casket and vault price list for reference only -
** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The Funeral Rule, which is enforced by the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC), has many provisions. These include mandated
disclosures and restrictive actions. At the very start of a face-to-face
discussion with the public regarding the selection of funeral goods or
services and/or the prices of them, the funeral director is required to give the
consumer:
Constructive - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Constructive custody in funeral
service is the term applied to the custody rights that supersede actual
custody rights, and they include the right of a party to control the disposition
of the deceased. The person with actual custody may sometimes be a third
party (such as a livery or public carrier), but someone else would maintain
constructive custody at all times. Caveat emptor is Latin for "let the buyer
beware." Consignment refers to merchandise shipped to an agent or to a
customer. It does not take place as a result of an actual purchase, but under
an agreement obliging the consignee to pay the consignor for the goods
within a certain period of time once the merchandise is sold. Endowment
refers to a permanent fund of property or money that is established to
benefit an institution or person. An example is the sale of perpetual care
cemetery property.
Funeral expenses, administration expenses, and taxes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔An insolvent estate is an estate of a deceased person whose assets are
insufficient to pay the estate's debts, taxes, and administrative expenses. It
is the state statute that controls the priority of these claims. In most states,
though, the priority of claims—from top priority to lowest
, FTC - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A federal government agency created to
promote consumer protection, encourage free and fair competition, and
prevent what regulators determine to be anti-competitive business practices
Tort - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A tort occurs when a person takes a wrongful
action against another person or property, and is a civil law matter.
Mutilation as it relates to mortuary science is inflicting bodily damage or
injury on a person or animal by removing or destroying body parts.
Obstruction occurs when a person or a situation creates an impasse or
hinders someone from doing something. Replevin is an action to pick up
goods or property by somebody who claims to own them and who promises
to have the claim later tested in court. It does not apply to human remains
Police power - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Police power is based on
constitutional law, and is the ability of the federal government and the states
to order and be in command of certain prescribed legal actions necessary for
the maintenance of public safety, health, order, and welfare. A tort is a
wrongful action against a person or property, and is a civil law matter. A
restrictive covenant is a deed restriction restraining the use of property in
some prescribed manner. Uniform probate code is a statute passed by many
states to varying degrees that spells out the laws that exist regarding the
affairs of decedents and their estates.
A memorial service is always held without the casketed body - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Funeral rite is a term that can describe both funerals and/or
memorial services. Funeral, on the other hand, describes a service
conducted when the body is present. During an entombment service, the
human casketed body is placed in a crypt. A graveside service refers to one
in which the deceased is in a casket. It is held at the cemetery interment site
(grave) instead of a church or chapel. The casketed body is present at a
traditional or complete cremation service, but at the end of the service the
decreased goes to the crematory to be cremated instead of to the cemetery
for interment burial.
The APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES FLAG FOR BURIAL PURPOSES, also
known as VA form 90-2008 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES FLAG FOR BURIAL PURPOSES, also known as VA form 90-
with verified answers
The deceased was of legal age - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A will is an
instrument for the ordered disposition of real and personal property that is to
take effect upon death. Which of the following is a requirement for a will to
take effect?
The GPL for retention, and the casket and vault price list for reference only -
** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The Funeral Rule, which is enforced by the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC), has many provisions. These include mandated
disclosures and restrictive actions. At the very start of a face-to-face
discussion with the public regarding the selection of funeral goods or
services and/or the prices of them, the funeral director is required to give the
consumer:
Constructive - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Constructive custody in funeral
service is the term applied to the custody rights that supersede actual
custody rights, and they include the right of a party to control the disposition
of the deceased. The person with actual custody may sometimes be a third
party (such as a livery or public carrier), but someone else would maintain
constructive custody at all times. Caveat emptor is Latin for "let the buyer
beware." Consignment refers to merchandise shipped to an agent or to a
customer. It does not take place as a result of an actual purchase, but under
an agreement obliging the consignee to pay the consignor for the goods
within a certain period of time once the merchandise is sold. Endowment
refers to a permanent fund of property or money that is established to
benefit an institution or person. An example is the sale of perpetual care
cemetery property.
Funeral expenses, administration expenses, and taxes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔An insolvent estate is an estate of a deceased person whose assets are
insufficient to pay the estate's debts, taxes, and administrative expenses. It
is the state statute that controls the priority of these claims. In most states,
though, the priority of claims—from top priority to lowest
, FTC - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A federal government agency created to
promote consumer protection, encourage free and fair competition, and
prevent what regulators determine to be anti-competitive business practices
Tort - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A tort occurs when a person takes a wrongful
action against another person or property, and is a civil law matter.
Mutilation as it relates to mortuary science is inflicting bodily damage or
injury on a person or animal by removing or destroying body parts.
Obstruction occurs when a person or a situation creates an impasse or
hinders someone from doing something. Replevin is an action to pick up
goods or property by somebody who claims to own them and who promises
to have the claim later tested in court. It does not apply to human remains
Police power - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Police power is based on
constitutional law, and is the ability of the federal government and the states
to order and be in command of certain prescribed legal actions necessary for
the maintenance of public safety, health, order, and welfare. A tort is a
wrongful action against a person or property, and is a civil law matter. A
restrictive covenant is a deed restriction restraining the use of property in
some prescribed manner. Uniform probate code is a statute passed by many
states to varying degrees that spells out the laws that exist regarding the
affairs of decedents and their estates.
A memorial service is always held without the casketed body - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Funeral rite is a term that can describe both funerals and/or
memorial services. Funeral, on the other hand, describes a service
conducted when the body is present. During an entombment service, the
human casketed body is placed in a crypt. A graveside service refers to one
in which the deceased is in a casket. It is held at the cemetery interment site
(grave) instead of a church or chapel. The casketed body is present at a
traditional or complete cremation service, but at the end of the service the
decreased goes to the crematory to be cremated instead of to the cemetery
for interment burial.
The APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES FLAG FOR BURIAL PURPOSES, also
known as VA form 90-2008 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES FLAG FOR BURIAL PURPOSES, also known as VA form 90-
