CA Embalmer's Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A licensed embalmer may remove from human remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or
scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant to, the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift
Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and
Safety Code) if requested by _______________________ - CORRECT ANSWER -A
licensed physician.
A licensed embalmer may remove from human remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or
scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant to, the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift
Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and
Safety Code) as long as the embalmer has completed ______________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - a course in tissue removal for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes
approved by the Medical Board of California of the State of California.
An embalmer is one who is duly qualified to:
1.
2.
3.
4. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or
external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids
2. to prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases
3. to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring
mutilated features
4. and who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the State of California.
If is unlawful for any person to embalm a body unless: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Licensed by the bureau
2. student or instructors of embalming in embalming colleges approved by the bureau
,Every person, while actually embalming, shall be attired in: - CORRECT ANSWER -
1.clean and sanitary smock or gown covering the person from neck to below the knees
2. wear impervious gloves
the body being embalmed shall at all times be so covered ________________________ -
CORRECT ANSWER - as to insure the privacy of said body
All preparation, embalming or storage room shall, at all times, be kept and maintained in a
___________________ - CORRECT ANSWER - clean and sanitary condition.
Every preparation, embalming or storage room shall be provided with proper and convenient
receptacles for refuse, bandages, cotton and other waste materials and supplies. All such waste
materials shall be disposed of in _______ - CORRECT ANSWER - accordance with State
and local health and sanitation requirements or in such a manner as not to endanger the public
health and safety.
All instruments, appliances and equipment used in the embalming or other preparation and
handling of human remains shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected immediately
________________________ . - CORRECT ANSWER - at the conclusion of each
individual case
All areas of a funeral establishment which are open to public use or occupancy shall be kept and
maintained in a clean and orderly condition so as not to _____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - endanger the public health and safety.
The care and preparation for burial or other disposition of all human remains shall be strictly
private, and no one shall be allowed in the embalming or storage room while human remains are
being embalmed or prepared for disposition, except:
1.
2.
3.
4.
, 5.
6.
7. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. licensed funeral director and his duly authorized officers
and/or employees
2. licensed embalmers and their duly registered apprentices
3. instructors of the science of embalming in embalming schools or colleges duly accredited by
the Board and their students
4. and except public officials in the discharge of their duties
5. duly accredited nurses employed in a case
6. members of the immediate family of the deceased as defined by section 7100 of the Health
and Safety Code
All human remains being transferred into or out of a funeral establishment or storage facility,
except in a casket, shall be ______________________ - CORRECT ANSWER - covered
and kept out of the public view, to the extent reasonably possible.
No embalming fluids shall be used in embalming which contain __________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - heavy minerals or metallic substances which have a poisonous effect, such as
arsenic, lead and mercury.
No embalming, preparation or storage room shall be located in any public __________________
- CORRECT ANSWER - storage, mini-storage, mini-warehouse, multi-unit storage
complex or similar facility used by members of the general public for the storage of goods.
Any existing embalming, preparation or storage room located in a prohibited facility shall be
relocated and brought into full compliance with this section, within ______ of this subsection's
effective date> - CORRECT ANSWER - 12 months
Every licensed funeral establishment shall maintain in its embalming, preparation and/or storage
room, a sufficient supply of a _________________ to provide for the cleansing and disinfection
of the facility and its contents. - CORRECT ANSWER - suitable and effective disinfectant
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A licensed embalmer may remove from human remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or
scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant to, the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift
Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and
Safety Code) if requested by _______________________ - CORRECT ANSWER -A
licensed physician.
A licensed embalmer may remove from human remains for transplant, or therapeutic, or
scientific purposes specified in, and pursuant to, the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift
Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and
Safety Code) as long as the embalmer has completed ______________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - a course in tissue removal for transplant, or therapeutic, or scientific purposes
approved by the Medical Board of California of the State of California.
An embalmer is one who is duly qualified to:
1.
2.
3.
4. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or
external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids
2. to prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases
3. to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring
mutilated features
4. and who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the State of California.
If is unlawful for any person to embalm a body unless: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Licensed by the bureau
2. student or instructors of embalming in embalming colleges approved by the bureau
,Every person, while actually embalming, shall be attired in: - CORRECT ANSWER -
1.clean and sanitary smock or gown covering the person from neck to below the knees
2. wear impervious gloves
the body being embalmed shall at all times be so covered ________________________ -
CORRECT ANSWER - as to insure the privacy of said body
All preparation, embalming or storage room shall, at all times, be kept and maintained in a
___________________ - CORRECT ANSWER - clean and sanitary condition.
Every preparation, embalming or storage room shall be provided with proper and convenient
receptacles for refuse, bandages, cotton and other waste materials and supplies. All such waste
materials shall be disposed of in _______ - CORRECT ANSWER - accordance with State
and local health and sanitation requirements or in such a manner as not to endanger the public
health and safety.
All instruments, appliances and equipment used in the embalming or other preparation and
handling of human remains shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected immediately
________________________ . - CORRECT ANSWER - at the conclusion of each
individual case
All areas of a funeral establishment which are open to public use or occupancy shall be kept and
maintained in a clean and orderly condition so as not to _____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - endanger the public health and safety.
The care and preparation for burial or other disposition of all human remains shall be strictly
private, and no one shall be allowed in the embalming or storage room while human remains are
being embalmed or prepared for disposition, except:
1.
2.
3.
4.
, 5.
6.
7. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. licensed funeral director and his duly authorized officers
and/or employees
2. licensed embalmers and their duly registered apprentices
3. instructors of the science of embalming in embalming schools or colleges duly accredited by
the Board and their students
4. and except public officials in the discharge of their duties
5. duly accredited nurses employed in a case
6. members of the immediate family of the deceased as defined by section 7100 of the Health
and Safety Code
All human remains being transferred into or out of a funeral establishment or storage facility,
except in a casket, shall be ______________________ - CORRECT ANSWER - covered
and kept out of the public view, to the extent reasonably possible.
No embalming fluids shall be used in embalming which contain __________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - heavy minerals or metallic substances which have a poisonous effect, such as
arsenic, lead and mercury.
No embalming, preparation or storage room shall be located in any public __________________
- CORRECT ANSWER - storage, mini-storage, mini-warehouse, multi-unit storage
complex or similar facility used by members of the general public for the storage of goods.
Any existing embalming, preparation or storage room located in a prohibited facility shall be
relocated and brought into full compliance with this section, within ______ of this subsection's
effective date> - CORRECT ANSWER - 12 months
Every licensed funeral establishment shall maintain in its embalming, preparation and/or storage
room, a sufficient supply of a _________________ to provide for the cleansing and disinfection
of the facility and its contents. - CORRECT ANSWER - suitable and effective disinfectant
