CREMATORY OPERATIONS AND
CEMETERY PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
||NEWLY UPDATED 2025
A town’s Board of Commissioners disinterred bodies due to unpaid
graves and moved them to the free section of the cemetery. What was the
legal outcome?
✔✔ They were guilty of unauthorized disinterments.
Under the FTC Funeral Rule, what must a funeral home provide if it
offers direct cremation?
✔✔ They must offer alternative containers, such as unfinished wood boxes
or other low-cost options.
What is a cemetery called that was established by an Act of Congress for
the burial of military veterans and their eligible family members?
✔✔ National cemetery
What do you call a commemorative inscription written on a grave marker
or tombstone?
✔✔ Epitaph
Which term generally refers to a place where a deceased human body
may be placed?
✔✔ Tomb
(Other acceptable terms depending on the context: grave, niche, mausoleum)
A key factor in protecting the funeral home from cremation legal liability is to
utilize the:
cremation authorization
An arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside, the
income from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely:
,perpetual care
An Orthodox Jewish cemetery sought to prevent the decedent's next of kin
from removing the decedent's remains to a Reformed Jewish Cemetery. The
court ruled:
-that the next of kin could have the body moved to another cemetery
-that an existing statute cannot nullify an ecclesiastical law
-that the decedent's remains belonged to the Orthodox Jewish cemetery
-that religious law is binding in court
that the next of kin could have the body moved to another cemetery
A portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal:
gazebo
umbrella
canopy
porch
canopy
A reason that some people select cremation is:
-It is deemed as a more complex mode of disposition
-There are less memorial options, thus less decisions to be made
-It is considered to be less expensive than burial
-It is perceived as an ancient form of disposition
It is considered to be less expensive than burial
A significant area of legal liability for the funeral home is:
-requiring a list of crematory operators
-interviewing the third party crematory manager
-infringing upon the rights of third party crematories
-mis-delivery of cremated remains
mis-delivery of cremated remains
, A son that paid for his father's funeral requested that his father's remains be
moved to a cemetery closer to his home. His father had a surviving spouse.
The funeral director should:
- Honor the son's wishes and proceed with the disinterment
- Not participate until the disinterment has been legally authorized
- Get authorization from all the decedent's children
-Get permission from the surviving spouse and all the children
Not participate until the disinterment has been legally authorized
A subdivision in a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment
spaces:
lot
A trend affecting the cremation rate is:
-Older people are more traditional
-A decrease in the educational level
-Environmental awareness
-People are dying younger
Environmental awareness?
A widow sought to have her husband's remains removed from her in-laws'
property. The evidence showed that the parents of the decedent and the wife
were very hostile to each other. The court ruled:
that the widow could have the body disinterred
Because the mistakes made in cremation are irreparable (cannot be undone),
the funeral director is subject to:
increased potential legal liability
CEMETERY PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
||NEWLY UPDATED 2025
A town’s Board of Commissioners disinterred bodies due to unpaid
graves and moved them to the free section of the cemetery. What was the
legal outcome?
✔✔ They were guilty of unauthorized disinterments.
Under the FTC Funeral Rule, what must a funeral home provide if it
offers direct cremation?
✔✔ They must offer alternative containers, such as unfinished wood boxes
or other low-cost options.
What is a cemetery called that was established by an Act of Congress for
the burial of military veterans and their eligible family members?
✔✔ National cemetery
What do you call a commemorative inscription written on a grave marker
or tombstone?
✔✔ Epitaph
Which term generally refers to a place where a deceased human body
may be placed?
✔✔ Tomb
(Other acceptable terms depending on the context: grave, niche, mausoleum)
A key factor in protecting the funeral home from cremation legal liability is to
utilize the:
cremation authorization
An arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside, the
income from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely:
,perpetual care
An Orthodox Jewish cemetery sought to prevent the decedent's next of kin
from removing the decedent's remains to a Reformed Jewish Cemetery. The
court ruled:
-that the next of kin could have the body moved to another cemetery
-that an existing statute cannot nullify an ecclesiastical law
-that the decedent's remains belonged to the Orthodox Jewish cemetery
-that religious law is binding in court
that the next of kin could have the body moved to another cemetery
A portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal:
gazebo
umbrella
canopy
porch
canopy
A reason that some people select cremation is:
-It is deemed as a more complex mode of disposition
-There are less memorial options, thus less decisions to be made
-It is considered to be less expensive than burial
-It is perceived as an ancient form of disposition
It is considered to be less expensive than burial
A significant area of legal liability for the funeral home is:
-requiring a list of crematory operators
-interviewing the third party crematory manager
-infringing upon the rights of third party crematories
-mis-delivery of cremated remains
mis-delivery of cremated remains
, A son that paid for his father's funeral requested that his father's remains be
moved to a cemetery closer to his home. His father had a surviving spouse.
The funeral director should:
- Honor the son's wishes and proceed with the disinterment
- Not participate until the disinterment has been legally authorized
- Get authorization from all the decedent's children
-Get permission from the surviving spouse and all the children
Not participate until the disinterment has been legally authorized
A subdivision in a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment
spaces:
lot
A trend affecting the cremation rate is:
-Older people are more traditional
-A decrease in the educational level
-Environmental awareness
-People are dying younger
Environmental awareness?
A widow sought to have her husband's remains removed from her in-laws'
property. The evidence showed that the parents of the decedent and the wife
were very hostile to each other. The court ruled:
that the widow could have the body disinterred
Because the mistakes made in cremation are irreparable (cannot be undone),
the funeral director is subject to:
increased potential legal liability
