MORTUARY LAW EXAM ACTUAL EXAM latest 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral establishment -
answerFalse
All changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise selected are going to be
listed under either funeral homes charges or cash advances - answerTrue
When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must be a
licensed and registered NYS funeral director - answerTrue
A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of Funeral Directing is
exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as long as their status remains
inactive - answerTrue
The body of a person that has died in NYS may not be removed from the state unless a
permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS - answerTrue
A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property owned, leased
or under the control of a cemetery - answerTrue
Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door to door or telephone
solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential customer, is prohibited in
NYS - answerTrue
The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and undertakers shall be
renewable July 1st of each even year - answerTrue
,Registered residents may only perform their duties with the state of NY - answerTrue
The DOH may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to determine the
qualifications to be licensed - answerTrue
TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer interment
receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for such
information.
IS the following statement True or False: ONLY a liscensed and registered funeral director
may give out such information over the telephone? - answerFalse
While the term "Funeral Home" is used all across NYS, it is not an official, legal term used in
the law to define or describe funeral directing activities or requirements. - answerTrue
A person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the subject of an order of
protection protecting the decedent, does not have the automatic right to control the
disposition of the remains of the decedent. - answerTrue
What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human remains of the
following, from highest to lowest - answer1. Domestic partner
2. Any of decedents surviving children age 18 or more
3. Decedents surviving parents
4. Decedents surviving siblings age 18 or more
For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, they must be -
answerLiving person, duly licensed and duly registered
A single physical location, address or premises devoted to or used for the care and
preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral
ceremonial purpose is the definition of a - answerFuneral establishment
, The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include the following
notification if they occurred during the previous biennium period - answer1. sale or transfer
of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets
2. Sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
3. Death of any manager or funeral director in the previous two years
4. Termination of the business entity
After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many CEU'S must
that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end of every biennium
period. - answer12
Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals engaged in the
practice of funeral directing - answer1. Undertaker
2. Embalmer
3. Funeral director
The use of a rental casket for viewing hours at a Funeral in NYS is - answerNot prohibited by
regulation
Funeral directors must complete a minimum of _____ contact hours of continuing education
in each registration biennium to be eligible for registration renewal at the conclusion of the
current biennium period - answer12
Which of the following titles (if used in NYS) authorizes the holder to be present and
personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human body from the
place where death occurs with no other license or registered funeral service professional in
attendance? - answer1. Funeral director
2. Registered Resident
A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price on each casket,
outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with the actual retain price printed in
_____ inch or larger numbers - answerOne Half
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral establishment -
answerFalse
All changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise selected are going to be
listed under either funeral homes charges or cash advances - answerTrue
When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must be a
licensed and registered NYS funeral director - answerTrue
A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of Funeral Directing is
exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as long as their status remains
inactive - answerTrue
The body of a person that has died in NYS may not be removed from the state unless a
permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS - answerTrue
A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property owned, leased
or under the control of a cemetery - answerTrue
Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door to door or telephone
solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential customer, is prohibited in
NYS - answerTrue
The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and undertakers shall be
renewable July 1st of each even year - answerTrue
,Registered residents may only perform their duties with the state of NY - answerTrue
The DOH may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to determine the
qualifications to be licensed - answerTrue
TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer interment
receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for such
information.
IS the following statement True or False: ONLY a liscensed and registered funeral director
may give out such information over the telephone? - answerFalse
While the term "Funeral Home" is used all across NYS, it is not an official, legal term used in
the law to define or describe funeral directing activities or requirements. - answerTrue
A person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the subject of an order of
protection protecting the decedent, does not have the automatic right to control the
disposition of the remains of the decedent. - answerTrue
What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human remains of the
following, from highest to lowest - answer1. Domestic partner
2. Any of decedents surviving children age 18 or more
3. Decedents surviving parents
4. Decedents surviving siblings age 18 or more
For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, they must be -
answerLiving person, duly licensed and duly registered
A single physical location, address or premises devoted to or used for the care and
preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral
ceremonial purpose is the definition of a - answerFuneral establishment
, The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include the following
notification if they occurred during the previous biennium period - answer1. sale or transfer
of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets
2. Sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
3. Death of any manager or funeral director in the previous two years
4. Termination of the business entity
After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many CEU'S must
that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end of every biennium
period. - answer12
Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals engaged in the
practice of funeral directing - answer1. Undertaker
2. Embalmer
3. Funeral director
The use of a rental casket for viewing hours at a Funeral in NYS is - answerNot prohibited by
regulation
Funeral directors must complete a minimum of _____ contact hours of continuing education
in each registration biennium to be eligible for registration renewal at the conclusion of the
current biennium period - answer12
Which of the following titles (if used in NYS) authorizes the holder to be present and
personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human body from the
place where death occurs with no other license or registered funeral service professional in
attendance? - answer1. Funeral director
2. Registered Resident
A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price on each casket,
outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with the actual retain price printed in
_____ inch or larger numbers - answerOne Half
