Mass Funeral State Board Exam –
Jurisprudence Questions With Solutions
Rated A+.
Burial right - Answer the right to burial in a grave or lot held by the licensee of the grave or lot;
however, the license is not equivalent to title to the property. Burial right to the entire lot or individual
grave or rights may be granted or transferred by the licensee and with approval of the governing body of
the cemetery
Cemetery - Answer an area of land set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of the remains of a
deceased person
Columbarium - Answer a structure, room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches
used to contain the cremated remains of a deceased person
Cremation - Answer the process of extreme dehydration and evaporation created with intense heat
which reduces the composition of the body to inorganic bone fragments
Cremated remains - Answer the final processed substance remains of the reduced composition of the
body to inorganic bone fragments
Crypt - Answer a chamber in a mausoleum of sufficient size, generally used to contain the casketed
remains of a deceased person
Decorations - Answer the adornment, ornamentation, embellishment, memorialization, care or
beautification of a grave in accordance with rules and regulations established by the governing body of
the cemetery
Flag etiquette - Answer the requirement that a flag of the United States placed upon a grave to honor a
veteran shall not touch the ground and shall not be allowed to remain if torn or faded or beyond a
specified time period as determined by regulations of the United States Department of Defense, United
States Department of Veterans Affairs and the governing body of the cemetery
, Flag holders - Answer a device, known also as a commemorative marker, made to hold a flag of the
United States which identifies the branch of service during observances honoring military veterans
Foot marker - Answer a flush to the ground memorial made of granite or bronze which is placed at the
foot of the grave
Governing body - Answer the independent managing authority of a cemetery as applied to a national
veterans cemetery, state veterans cemetery, municipal cemetery, religious cemetery or private non-
profit cemetery
Grave - Answer a space in a cemetery that allows the burial right of either 1 or multiple in-ground
burials of a deceased person
Grave liner - Answer an unsealed durable outer container of 2 or more pieces in which the casket is
placed at time of burial in the earth
License of burial - Answer the right given for the use of a specific grave, lot, crypt, niche or other burial
space
Lot - Answer a space set aside in a cemetery for several grave spaces
Memorial park - Answer a cemetery that permits the use only of flush-to-the-ground memorials
Mausoleum - Answer a building containing crypts for the entombment of a deceased casketed person
Monument or memorial - Answer a traditional upright monument usually made of granite, a flush-to-
the-ground memorial usually made of bronze or granite, or a foot marker, as defined in this section, any
of which is used for commemorating the life of a deceased person
Niche - Answer a recess in a columbarium used for the permanent placement of the cremated remains
of a deceased person
Jurisprudence Questions With Solutions
Rated A+.
Burial right - Answer the right to burial in a grave or lot held by the licensee of the grave or lot;
however, the license is not equivalent to title to the property. Burial right to the entire lot or individual
grave or rights may be granted or transferred by the licensee and with approval of the governing body of
the cemetery
Cemetery - Answer an area of land set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of the remains of a
deceased person
Columbarium - Answer a structure, room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches
used to contain the cremated remains of a deceased person
Cremation - Answer the process of extreme dehydration and evaporation created with intense heat
which reduces the composition of the body to inorganic bone fragments
Cremated remains - Answer the final processed substance remains of the reduced composition of the
body to inorganic bone fragments
Crypt - Answer a chamber in a mausoleum of sufficient size, generally used to contain the casketed
remains of a deceased person
Decorations - Answer the adornment, ornamentation, embellishment, memorialization, care or
beautification of a grave in accordance with rules and regulations established by the governing body of
the cemetery
Flag etiquette - Answer the requirement that a flag of the United States placed upon a grave to honor a
veteran shall not touch the ground and shall not be allowed to remain if torn or faded or beyond a
specified time period as determined by regulations of the United States Department of Defense, United
States Department of Veterans Affairs and the governing body of the cemetery
, Flag holders - Answer a device, known also as a commemorative marker, made to hold a flag of the
United States which identifies the branch of service during observances honoring military veterans
Foot marker - Answer a flush to the ground memorial made of granite or bronze which is placed at the
foot of the grave
Governing body - Answer the independent managing authority of a cemetery as applied to a national
veterans cemetery, state veterans cemetery, municipal cemetery, religious cemetery or private non-
profit cemetery
Grave - Answer a space in a cemetery that allows the burial right of either 1 or multiple in-ground
burials of a deceased person
Grave liner - Answer an unsealed durable outer container of 2 or more pieces in which the casket is
placed at time of burial in the earth
License of burial - Answer the right given for the use of a specific grave, lot, crypt, niche or other burial
space
Lot - Answer a space set aside in a cemetery for several grave spaces
Memorial park - Answer a cemetery that permits the use only of flush-to-the-ground memorials
Mausoleum - Answer a building containing crypts for the entombment of a deceased casketed person
Monument or memorial - Answer a traditional upright monument usually made of granite, a flush-to-
the-ground memorial usually made of bronze or granite, or a foot marker, as defined in this section, any
of which is used for commemorating the life of a deceased person
Niche - Answer a recess in a columbarium used for the permanent placement of the cremated remains
of a deceased person
