Embalmers exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Section 7600-7734 is known as - CORRECT ANSWER - The cemetery and funeral act
A funeral director is a person engaged in or conducting any of the following - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Preparing or directing the transportation or disposition of human remains
2. Maintaining an establishment for the preparation, transportation, or disposition of human
remains
3. Using the words "funeral director" "Mortician", "undertakers" or other title he/she is engaged
as a funeral director
A funeral establishment is a business in a building that must - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Have a specific address or location
2. 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
3. Embalming or storage room
4. 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
establishment's embalming/storage rooms if:
-under common ownership or there is a contract between them
- its in close geographic proximity
How many funeral establishments may conduct business out of one facility? - CORRECT
ANSWER - One funeral establishment may conduct business out of one facility.
A funeral establishment must at all time employ who? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Licensed funeral director
Can a licensed funeral director manage 2 funeral establishments? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Yes, the establishments are in close geographical
,What is the criteria of obtaining a funeral directors license? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. 18
+
2. Have an AA degree, equivalent or higher
3. Not have committed any acts or been convicted of any crimes pursuant to section 480 of the
business and professions codes
4. Pass the funeral directors examination given by the cemetery and funeral bureau
BPC 7622 is what? - CORRECT ANSWER - The funeral directors test
Before an individual is granted a funeral directors license he/she shall successfully pass an
examination upon the following subjects - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The sign of death
(HSC 7180)
2. The manner by which death may be determined (HSBC 7182)
3. The laws governing the preparation, burial, and disposal of human remains, and the shipments
of bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases.
4. Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to funeral directing and
embalming
No funeral establishment may use a name style that is: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Similar
to a competitor
2. Might tend to mislead the public
Selling a funeral establishment by assignment - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Licenses are
assigned only after an audit of the preened trust funds, and any storages have been funded
2. Licenses may be assigned upon receipt of a signed declaration showing the status of the trust
and a bond equal to 150% of the balance of the trust, with approval of the cemetery and funeral
bureau
How much is the fine for false or misleading information? - CORRECT ANSWER -
$5,000
,Embalming in a funeral establishment can only be done by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
California licensed embalmers
2. Registered apprentices under the supervision of their supervising embalmer
3. Students enrolled in an accredited program or mortuary science under supervision of a
licensed embalmer
When can an embalmer remove human tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - A licensed
embalmer may remove tissue pursuant to the uniform anatomical gift act, at the act request of a
licensed physician, if the embalmer has completed a course in tissue removal approved by the
California medical board
What are 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 three years, documented training of all
federal and state laws, rules and regulations dealing with:
1. Statistics
2. The coroner
3. Anatomical gifts
4. Laws relating to the duties of a funeral director
The funeral establishment must keep record of arrangement counselors: - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. The training outline
2. Where and when you were trained
3. Record of demonstrated knowledge (the test)
What must be disclosed when seeking employment with a funeral establishment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A person who's license has been revoked, suspended, or placed on probation
or surrendered within the last 10 years
Failure to disclose results in revocation or denial of license
, The designated managing FD must submit form within 30 days, failure to do so may result in a
warning
What is an embalmer? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. One who disinfects, preserves human
remains by injections or external application of antiseptics. Disinfectants or preservative fluids
2. Prepares human remains for transportation that have died from contagious or infectious
disease
3. Uses derma surgery or restorative methods for restoring mutilated features
4. Is. A licensed embalmer in Cali
It is unlawful to embalm in cali except by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Apprentices
2. Students
3. Instructors of mortuary science
What are the qualifications for licensure? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. 18 years of age
2. Not committed any crimes or related disqualifying acts (BPC 480)
3. High school diploma or equivalent
4. 2 year apprenticeship under a qualified licensed embalmer
5. Completed an embalming course in an accredited school of mortuary science
6. Passed the science section of the national exam
7. 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 7 years, you are exempt from? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. High school requirement
2. 2 year apprenticeship
Who signs the death certificate once a person is embalmed? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
embalmer
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Section 7600-7734 is known as - CORRECT ANSWER - The cemetery and funeral act
A funeral director is a person engaged in or conducting any of the following - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Preparing or directing the transportation or disposition of human remains
2. Maintaining an establishment for the preparation, transportation, or disposition of human
remains
3. Using the words "funeral director" "Mortician", "undertakers" or other title he/she is engaged
as a funeral director
A funeral establishment is a business in a building that must - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Have a specific address or location
2. 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
3. Embalming or storage room
4. 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
establishment's embalming/storage rooms if:
-under common ownership or there is a contract between them
- its in close geographic proximity
How many funeral establishments may conduct business out of one facility? - CORRECT
ANSWER - One funeral establishment may conduct business out of one facility.
A funeral establishment must at all time employ who? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Licensed funeral director
Can a licensed funeral director manage 2 funeral establishments? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Yes, the establishments are in close geographical
,What is the criteria of obtaining a funeral directors license? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. 18
+
2. Have an AA degree, equivalent or higher
3. Not have committed any acts or been convicted of any crimes pursuant to section 480 of the
business and professions codes
4. Pass the funeral directors examination given by the cemetery and funeral bureau
BPC 7622 is what? - CORRECT ANSWER - The funeral directors test
Before an individual is granted a funeral directors license he/she shall successfully pass an
examination upon the following subjects - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The sign of death
(HSC 7180)
2. The manner by which death may be determined (HSBC 7182)
3. The laws governing the preparation, burial, and disposal of human remains, and the shipments
of bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases.
4. Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to funeral directing and
embalming
No funeral establishment may use a name style that is: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Similar
to a competitor
2. Might tend to mislead the public
Selling a funeral establishment by assignment - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Licenses are
assigned only after an audit of the preened trust funds, and any storages have been funded
2. Licenses may be assigned upon receipt of a signed declaration showing the status of the trust
and a bond equal to 150% of the balance of the trust, with approval of the cemetery and funeral
bureau
How much is the fine for false or misleading information? - CORRECT ANSWER -
$5,000
,Embalming in a funeral establishment can only be done by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
California licensed embalmers
2. Registered apprentices under the supervision of their supervising embalmer
3. Students enrolled in an accredited program or mortuary science under supervision of a
licensed embalmer
When can an embalmer remove human tissue? - CORRECT ANSWER - A licensed
embalmer may remove tissue pursuant to the uniform anatomical gift act, at the act request of a
licensed physician, if the embalmer has completed a course in tissue removal approved by the
California medical board
What are 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 three years, documented training of all
federal and state laws, rules and regulations dealing with:
1. Statistics
2. The coroner
3. Anatomical gifts
4. Laws relating to the duties of a funeral director
The funeral establishment must keep record of arrangement counselors: - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. The training outline
2. Where and when you were trained
3. Record of demonstrated knowledge (the test)
What must be disclosed when seeking employment with a funeral establishment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A person who's license has been revoked, suspended, or placed on probation
or surrendered within the last 10 years
Failure to disclose results in revocation or denial of license
, The designated managing FD must submit form within 30 days, failure to do so may result in a
warning
What is an embalmer? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. One who disinfects, preserves human
remains by injections or external application of antiseptics. Disinfectants or preservative fluids
2. Prepares human remains for transportation that have died from contagious or infectious
disease
3. Uses derma surgery or restorative methods for restoring mutilated features
4. Is. A licensed embalmer in Cali
It is unlawful to embalm in cali except by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Apprentices
2. Students
3. Instructors of mortuary science
What are the qualifications for licensure? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. 18 years of age
2. Not committed any crimes or related disqualifying acts (BPC 480)
3. High school diploma or equivalent
4. 2 year apprenticeship under a qualified licensed embalmer
5. Completed an embalming course in an accredited school of mortuary science
6. Passed the science section of the national exam
7. 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 7 years, you are exempt from? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. High school requirement
2. 2 year apprenticeship
Who signs the death certificate once a person is embalmed? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
embalmer
