California Funeral Directors Exam
Questions with Accurate Answers
funeral director correct answer A person engaged in or conducting any of the following: Preparing or
directing the transportation or disposition of human remains. Maintaining an establishment for the
preparation, transportation, or disposition of human remains. Using the words "Funeral Director",
"Mortician", "Undertaker" or other title implying he/she is engaged as a funeral director.
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
Section 1 Business and Professions Code
Funeral Establishment correct answer A business in a building that must: Have a specific address or
location. Activities that take place at that location must be incident, convenient, or related to the care
and preparation of remains, funerals or disposition of human remains and must have an embalming or
storage room. The embalming/storage rooms may be at a different location from where the business
activities take place and under certain conditions an establishment may share another establishments
embalming/ and or storage room if under common ownership, or there is a contract between them, and
in close geographic proximity.
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
Section 1 Business and Professions Code
Criteria for being a funeral director correct answer 18 years of age or older, Have an AA degree, or
equivalent or higher. Not have committed any acts or been convicted of crimes pursuant to section 480
of the business and professions code (Crimes or acts . related to death care activities). Pass the Funeral
Directors Examination given by the cemetery and funeral bureau.
RESTRICTIONS: Must be employed by a licensed funeral establishment to engage in activities of a funeral
director.
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
Section 1 Business and Professions Code
Funeral Directors Test correct answer Before an individual is granted a funeral directors license, he or
she shall successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects:
(a) Signs of Death (HSC 7180)
(b) Manner of death may be determined (HSC 7182)
,(c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposition of human remains, and the shipment of
bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases.
(d) Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to funeral directing and embalming.
Funeral Establishment advertising correct answer No Funeral establishment may use a name style that
is: Similar to the competitors, so as to constitute an unfair method of competition, or that might tend to
mislead the public.
Assignment correct answer Name for the sale of a funeral establishment.
Selling a Funeral Establishment by Assignment correct answer Licenses are assigned only after an audit
of the preneed trust funds and any shortages have been funded. License may be assigned upon receipt
of a signed declaration showing the status of the trust and a bond equal to 150% of the corpus (balance)
of the trust, with approval from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. False or misleading information may
be subject to a fine of up to $5,000.00
Embalming in a funeral establishment correct answer Can only be done by:
-California licensed embalmers
-Registered apprentices under the supervision of their supervising embalmer or
-Students enrolled in an accredited program of mortuary science under supervision of a licensed
embalmer.
Removal of Tissue correct answer a licensed embalmer may remove tissue pursuant to the uniform
Anatomical Gift Act, at the request of a licensed physician if the embalmer has completed a course in
tissue removal approved by the California Medical board.
Arrangement Counselors correct answer Anyone who consults with the family or representatives of the
family of a deceased person for the purpose of arranging for preparation and disposition of a body must
receive, every 3 years, documented training of all federal and state laws, rules and regulations dealing
with:
-Vital Statistics
-The Coroner
-Anatomical Gifts
,-Laws relating to the duties of a funeral director
A Funeral establishment must keep a record of funeral arrangers.... correct answer -Outline of the
training
-When and where they were trained
-Record of demonstrated knowledge (THE TEST)
Notifying the CFB of previous license violations correct answer Any person employed by or seeking
employment with a funeral establishment IN ANY CAPACITY, who holds or has held a license issued by
the CFB that has been suspended, revoked, placed on probation, or surrendered within the last 10 years
must disclose that fact to the designated managing funeral director, on the form provided by the CFB.
This requirement also includes licensed cemeteries, crematories and cemetery brokers.
Failure to make the disclosure can result in revocation or denial of license.
And the DMFD must submit the form to the CFB within 30 days. Failure to do so results in a warning.
Embalmer correct answer Someone who:
-Disinfects or preserves human remains by injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants
or preservative fluids.
-Prepares human remains for transportation that have died from contagious or infectious disease.
-Uses derma surgery or restorative methods for restoring mutilated features.
-Is licensed as an embalmer in California.
It is unlawful to embalm in California without a license except by Apprentices, Students, Instructors of
mortuary science.
Qualifications for Embalmers correct answer -18 years of age
-Not committed any crimes or related disqualifying acts (BPC 480)
-High School Diploma or equivalent
, -2 year apprenticeship under a qualified licensed embalmer
-Assisted in the embalming of at least 100 cases during the apprenticeship
-Completed an embalming course in an accredited school of mortuary science.
-Passed the science section of the National Exam
-Passed an exam administered by the CFB on California laws pertaining to the funeral industry.
If you have practiced as an embalmer in another state for 3 of the last 7 years correct answer You are
exempt from:
-High School Requirement
-2 Year Apprenticeship
*But you must STILL pass the state embalmers exam
*License is NOT assignable to anyone else
Embalmers must personally sign correct answer the death certificates for all the persons they embalm.
Embalmers may authorize their correct answer signature to be affixed to death certificates by a written
special power of attorney.
(HSC-102805)
Terms of Apprenticeship correct answer -Served before, after, divided, or during embalming school.
-Apprentice who fails exam may continue for 1 additional 2-year term. However, apprentices may apply
for an extension if:
*Awaiting processing of an application
*Awaiting notification of test results
*Awaiting commencement of a class
Apprentices leave of absence correct answer no longer than ONE cumulative year.
Maximum length of apprenticeship correct answer must be completed within 6 years. This excludes
military service.
Questions with Accurate Answers
funeral director correct answer A person engaged in or conducting any of the following: Preparing or
directing the transportation or disposition of human remains. Maintaining an establishment for the
preparation, transportation, or disposition of human remains. Using the words "Funeral Director",
"Mortician", "Undertaker" or other title implying he/she is engaged as a funeral director.
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
Section 1 Business and Professions Code
Funeral Establishment correct answer A business in a building that must: Have a specific address or
location. Activities that take place at that location must be incident, convenient, or related to the care
and preparation of remains, funerals or disposition of human remains and must have an embalming or
storage room. The embalming/storage rooms may be at a different location from where the business
activities take place and under certain conditions an establishment may share another establishments
embalming/ and or storage room if under common ownership, or there is a contract between them, and
in close geographic proximity.
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
Section 1 Business and Professions Code
Criteria for being a funeral director correct answer 18 years of age or older, Have an AA degree, or
equivalent or higher. Not have committed any acts or been convicted of crimes pursuant to section 480
of the business and professions code (Crimes or acts . related to death care activities). Pass the Funeral
Directors Examination given by the cemetery and funeral bureau.
RESTRICTIONS: Must be employed by a licensed funeral establishment to engage in activities of a funeral
director.
Section 7600 Cemetery and Funeral Act
Section 1 Business and Professions Code
Funeral Directors Test correct answer Before an individual is granted a funeral directors license, he or
she shall successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects:
(a) Signs of Death (HSC 7180)
(b) Manner of death may be determined (HSC 7182)
,(c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposition of human remains, and the shipment of
bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases.
(d) Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to funeral directing and embalming.
Funeral Establishment advertising correct answer No Funeral establishment may use a name style that
is: Similar to the competitors, so as to constitute an unfair method of competition, or that might tend to
mislead the public.
Assignment correct answer Name for the sale of a funeral establishment.
Selling a Funeral Establishment by Assignment correct answer Licenses are assigned only after an audit
of the preneed trust funds and any shortages have been funded. License may be assigned upon receipt
of a signed declaration showing the status of the trust and a bond equal to 150% of the corpus (balance)
of the trust, with approval from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. False or misleading information may
be subject to a fine of up to $5,000.00
Embalming in a funeral establishment correct answer Can only be done by:
-California licensed embalmers
-Registered apprentices under the supervision of their supervising embalmer or
-Students enrolled in an accredited program of mortuary science under supervision of a licensed
embalmer.
Removal of Tissue correct answer a licensed embalmer may remove tissue pursuant to the uniform
Anatomical Gift Act, at the request of a licensed physician if the embalmer has completed a course in
tissue removal approved by the California Medical board.
Arrangement Counselors correct answer Anyone who consults with the family or representatives of the
family of a deceased person for the purpose of arranging for preparation and disposition of a body must
receive, every 3 years, documented training of all federal and state laws, rules and regulations dealing
with:
-Vital Statistics
-The Coroner
-Anatomical Gifts
,-Laws relating to the duties of a funeral director
A Funeral establishment must keep a record of funeral arrangers.... correct answer -Outline of the
training
-When and where they were trained
-Record of demonstrated knowledge (THE TEST)
Notifying the CFB of previous license violations correct answer Any person employed by or seeking
employment with a funeral establishment IN ANY CAPACITY, who holds or has held a license issued by
the CFB that has been suspended, revoked, placed on probation, or surrendered within the last 10 years
must disclose that fact to the designated managing funeral director, on the form provided by the CFB.
This requirement also includes licensed cemeteries, crematories and cemetery brokers.
Failure to make the disclosure can result in revocation or denial of license.
And the DMFD must submit the form to the CFB within 30 days. Failure to do so results in a warning.
Embalmer correct answer Someone who:
-Disinfects or preserves human remains by injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants
or preservative fluids.
-Prepares human remains for transportation that have died from contagious or infectious disease.
-Uses derma surgery or restorative methods for restoring mutilated features.
-Is licensed as an embalmer in California.
It is unlawful to embalm in California without a license except by Apprentices, Students, Instructors of
mortuary science.
Qualifications for Embalmers correct answer -18 years of age
-Not committed any crimes or related disqualifying acts (BPC 480)
-High School Diploma or equivalent
, -2 year apprenticeship under a qualified licensed embalmer
-Assisted in the embalming of at least 100 cases during the apprenticeship
-Completed an embalming course in an accredited school of mortuary science.
-Passed the science section of the National Exam
-Passed an exam administered by the CFB on California laws pertaining to the funeral industry.
If you have practiced as an embalmer in another state for 3 of the last 7 years correct answer You are
exempt from:
-High School Requirement
-2 Year Apprenticeship
*But you must STILL pass the state embalmers exam
*License is NOT assignable to anyone else
Embalmers must personally sign correct answer the death certificates for all the persons they embalm.
Embalmers may authorize their correct answer signature to be affixed to death certificates by a written
special power of attorney.
(HSC-102805)
Terms of Apprenticeship correct answer -Served before, after, divided, or during embalming school.
-Apprentice who fails exam may continue for 1 additional 2-year term. However, apprentices may apply
for an extension if:
*Awaiting processing of an application
*Awaiting notification of test results
*Awaiting commencement of a class
Apprentices leave of absence correct answer no longer than ONE cumulative year.
Maximum length of apprenticeship correct answer must be completed within 6 years. This excludes
military service.
