NBE - Funeral Directing questions
with verified answers
1. According to the Funeral Rule of the Federal Trade Commission, when must the General Price
List and the Casket Price List be distributed? - ANS ✔✔General Price List must be distributed at
the beginning of or prior to any discussion of goods, services or prices. Casket Price List must be
distributed when the consumer enters the casket selection room or is introduced to the caskets
for sale.
2. How long must the funeral home keep a copy of the General Pricelist? - ANS ✔✔1 year after
the last date in use
3. Which of the following religious funeral services will likely have communion or Eucharist?
Roman Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, and Jewish - ANS ✔✔Roman Catholic and Episcopal
4. How many persons are required for a full American Legion Burial Rite? Tell what each person
does. - ANS ✔✔21 persons 1 Chaplain 1 Bugler 2 Color Bearers 2 Color Guards 1 Commander of
the post 1 Commander of the firing squad 7 Firing Squad members 6 Casket Bearers
5. Place the following persons in the order they would be for a military procession: Casket with
Deceased, Family, Escort, Colors, Clergy, Military Band, Honorary casketbearers. - ANS
✔✔Military Band, Escort, Colors and Color Guards, Clergy, Casket with casketbearers, Honorary
casketbearers, Family
6. Define Ghusl. - ANS ✔✔The ceremonial washing of a deceased Muslim
7. What is the minimum depth and distance from shore for a burial at sea? - ANS ✔✔600 feet of
water at a distance of 3 nautical miles
, 8. Define and give an example of Cash Advanced Items. - ANS ✔✔Cash Advanced Items are
items that are purchased by the funeral home from another funeral provider for the family. The
family then pays the funeral home for those items purchased. Ex. Clergy Honorarium, Flowers,
Musicians, Cemetery / Crematory costs, Death Notice, Public Transportation for ship out, Death
Certificates
9. If a family applies for Social Security Benefits, how long do they have to file the application for
benefits? - ANS ✔✔2 years from the date of death
10. List the benefits an honorably discharged veteran may be entitled to if he/she died in a VA
hospital. - ANS ✔✔1. $1500 Service Connected Benefit OR $300 Burial expense & $300 Plot
allowance (formerly $150) provided the deceased was not buried in a National Cemetery 2.
Burial Flag to be returned to the Veterans Administration if no family members survive the
deceased 3. Government Marker 4. Presidential Memorial Certificate 5. Burial in National
Cemetery (Plot allowance not given if this is used.)
11. List the 6 Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule disclosures that are required on the
General Price List. - ANS ✔✔1. Right of Selection 2. Non-declinable Fee 3. Embalming 4. Casket
Price List Availability 5. Outer Burial Container Price List Availability 6. Alternative Container
12. List the information which must be in the introductory information of the Casket Price List. -
ANS ✔✔Name of the Funeral Home, "Casket Price List", Effective Date
13. Define then describe the Tahara. - ANS ✔✔The ceremonial washing of the deceased
orthodox Jew, consists of Chevrah Kaddisha washing body, wrapping in the tachrichim and
placing the body in an aron (casket).
14. Another name for the removal of the dead body - ANS ✔✔Transfer of remains a.k.a. First
Call
with verified answers
1. According to the Funeral Rule of the Federal Trade Commission, when must the General Price
List and the Casket Price List be distributed? - ANS ✔✔General Price List must be distributed at
the beginning of or prior to any discussion of goods, services or prices. Casket Price List must be
distributed when the consumer enters the casket selection room or is introduced to the caskets
for sale.
2. How long must the funeral home keep a copy of the General Pricelist? - ANS ✔✔1 year after
the last date in use
3. Which of the following religious funeral services will likely have communion or Eucharist?
Roman Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, and Jewish - ANS ✔✔Roman Catholic and Episcopal
4. How many persons are required for a full American Legion Burial Rite? Tell what each person
does. - ANS ✔✔21 persons 1 Chaplain 1 Bugler 2 Color Bearers 2 Color Guards 1 Commander of
the post 1 Commander of the firing squad 7 Firing Squad members 6 Casket Bearers
5. Place the following persons in the order they would be for a military procession: Casket with
Deceased, Family, Escort, Colors, Clergy, Military Band, Honorary casketbearers. - ANS
✔✔Military Band, Escort, Colors and Color Guards, Clergy, Casket with casketbearers, Honorary
casketbearers, Family
6. Define Ghusl. - ANS ✔✔The ceremonial washing of a deceased Muslim
7. What is the minimum depth and distance from shore for a burial at sea? - ANS ✔✔600 feet of
water at a distance of 3 nautical miles
, 8. Define and give an example of Cash Advanced Items. - ANS ✔✔Cash Advanced Items are
items that are purchased by the funeral home from another funeral provider for the family. The
family then pays the funeral home for those items purchased. Ex. Clergy Honorarium, Flowers,
Musicians, Cemetery / Crematory costs, Death Notice, Public Transportation for ship out, Death
Certificates
9. If a family applies for Social Security Benefits, how long do they have to file the application for
benefits? - ANS ✔✔2 years from the date of death
10. List the benefits an honorably discharged veteran may be entitled to if he/she died in a VA
hospital. - ANS ✔✔1. $1500 Service Connected Benefit OR $300 Burial expense & $300 Plot
allowance (formerly $150) provided the deceased was not buried in a National Cemetery 2.
Burial Flag to be returned to the Veterans Administration if no family members survive the
deceased 3. Government Marker 4. Presidential Memorial Certificate 5. Burial in National
Cemetery (Plot allowance not given if this is used.)
11. List the 6 Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule disclosures that are required on the
General Price List. - ANS ✔✔1. Right of Selection 2. Non-declinable Fee 3. Embalming 4. Casket
Price List Availability 5. Outer Burial Container Price List Availability 6. Alternative Container
12. List the information which must be in the introductory information of the Casket Price List. -
ANS ✔✔Name of the Funeral Home, "Casket Price List", Effective Date
13. Define then describe the Tahara. - ANS ✔✔The ceremonial washing of the deceased
orthodox Jew, consists of Chevrah Kaddisha washing body, wrapping in the tachrichim and
placing the body in an aron (casket).
14. Another name for the removal of the dead body - ANS ✔✔Transfer of remains a.k.a. First
Call
