Funeral Directing 1: Final Exam Prep
questions with answers
T/F: All bodies infected with Schedule 1 diseases can be viewed prior to disposition. - correct
answer ✔✔ False; only bodies infected with TB, rabies, Creutzfeld-Jakob and other
encephalopathies can be viewed prior to disposition.
What are the 9 diseases found on the Schedule 1 of the Bodies of Deceased Regulation? -
correct answer ✔✔ 1) anthrax; 2) plague; 3) smallpox; 4) infectious pulmonary TB; 5) rabies; 6)
yellow fever; 7) suspect/probable/confirmed cases of transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies (including classic and variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease); 8) viral hemorrhagic
fevers
What are the 6 diseases found on Schedule 2 of the Bodies of Deceased Regulation? - correct
answer ✔✔ 1) AIDS; 2) hepatitis B; 3) hepatitis C; 4) HIV; 5) invasive group A streptococcal
infection; 6) typhus
List the deaths that require notifications of the ME. - correct answer ✔✔ - unexplainable deaths
- unexpected deaths
- violent/accidental deaths or suicides
- maternal deaths related to pregnancy
- deaths due to negligence
- deaths during an operative procedure or occurring within 10 days after one
- deaths occurring under anesthesia or may be attributed to anesthesia
- poisoning
- deaths while not under the care of a physician
- deaths while in the custody of a peace officer or the use of force by a peace officer while on
duty
, - work related deaths
- deaths of prisoner, custody or not
- deaths of a child
A ME must examine the Medical Certificate of Death when a body is to be: - correct answer ✔✔
cremated, shipped out of province, or donated
What information should be given to all persons driving in a funeral procession? - correct
answer ✔✔ - head lights on
- four-way flashers on
- signs in windows
- follow as close as safety permits
- that they can proceed through a red if safety permits
A family has expressed that they wish to scatter their mothers' remains. What can you tell them
to help them understand where they can scatter the cremated remains? - correct answer ✔✔ -
national parks: water=no, land=yes
- provincial parks: yes
- municipal parks: some yes, some no; to obtain permission
- cemetery: scattering gardens
Which courier will transport cremated remains? - correct answer ✔✔ Canada Post
When shipping a body out of province, what are the 4 points to be aware of from course
material? - correct answer ✔✔ embalmed and in a container (although embalming is not legally
required when within Canada); Form 4; have documentation; contact receiver and book flights
questions with answers
T/F: All bodies infected with Schedule 1 diseases can be viewed prior to disposition. - correct
answer ✔✔ False; only bodies infected with TB, rabies, Creutzfeld-Jakob and other
encephalopathies can be viewed prior to disposition.
What are the 9 diseases found on the Schedule 1 of the Bodies of Deceased Regulation? -
correct answer ✔✔ 1) anthrax; 2) plague; 3) smallpox; 4) infectious pulmonary TB; 5) rabies; 6)
yellow fever; 7) suspect/probable/confirmed cases of transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies (including classic and variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease); 8) viral hemorrhagic
fevers
What are the 6 diseases found on Schedule 2 of the Bodies of Deceased Regulation? - correct
answer ✔✔ 1) AIDS; 2) hepatitis B; 3) hepatitis C; 4) HIV; 5) invasive group A streptococcal
infection; 6) typhus
List the deaths that require notifications of the ME. - correct answer ✔✔ - unexplainable deaths
- unexpected deaths
- violent/accidental deaths or suicides
- maternal deaths related to pregnancy
- deaths due to negligence
- deaths during an operative procedure or occurring within 10 days after one
- deaths occurring under anesthesia or may be attributed to anesthesia
- poisoning
- deaths while not under the care of a physician
- deaths while in the custody of a peace officer or the use of force by a peace officer while on
duty
, - work related deaths
- deaths of prisoner, custody or not
- deaths of a child
A ME must examine the Medical Certificate of Death when a body is to be: - correct answer ✔✔
cremated, shipped out of province, or donated
What information should be given to all persons driving in a funeral procession? - correct
answer ✔✔ - head lights on
- four-way flashers on
- signs in windows
- follow as close as safety permits
- that they can proceed through a red if safety permits
A family has expressed that they wish to scatter their mothers' remains. What can you tell them
to help them understand where they can scatter the cremated remains? - correct answer ✔✔ -
national parks: water=no, land=yes
- provincial parks: yes
- municipal parks: some yes, some no; to obtain permission
- cemetery: scattering gardens
Which courier will transport cremated remains? - correct answer ✔✔ Canada Post
When shipping a body out of province, what are the 4 points to be aware of from course
material? - correct answer ✔✔ embalmed and in a container (although embalming is not legally
required when within Canada); Form 4; have documentation; contact receiver and book flights
