CALIFORNIA FUNERAL DIRECTOR
LICENSE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
Q: What is an embalmer?
A: ✔✔ A professional who is formally qualified to preserve or disinfect human
remains through the injection or external application of chemicals such as
antiseptics, disinfectants, or preservative fluids.
Q: Who qualifies as an apprentice embalmer?
A: ✔✔ An individual learning the practice of embalming under the direct
supervision of a licensed embalmer who has at least two years of professional
experience.
Q: What is the role of a funeral director?
A: ✔✔ A person involved in preparing bodies for burial or other final disposition,
managing a funeral business, or using professional titles such as "funeral director,"
"undertaker," or "mortician."
Q: How is a funeral establishment defined?
A: ✔✔ A dedicated place of business within a building that is used solely for
activities involving the preparation and coordination of final disposition services.
Q: What is a trustee in the context of funeral service funds?
A: ✔✔ A trust company or banking institution responsible for managing and
holding funds placed in trust for funeral services.
,Q: Who is considered the trustor?
A: ✔✔ The individual who deposits money or funds into a trust, typically to
prepay for funeral services.
Q: Who is the beneficiary in a funeral trust arrangement?
A: ✔✔ The person for whom funeral services are being arranged and ultimately
provided.
Q: What does “corpus of the trust” refer to?
A: ✔✔ The total amount of money and any securities paid into the trust by the
trustor.
Q: In what section of California law can the Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Law be found?
A: ✔✔ It is located in Division 3, Chapter 12 of the Business and Professions
(B&P) Code.
what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau? -
ANSWER✔✔licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions
what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau? -
ANSWER✔✔protection of the public
according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may __________
relating to ____________. - ANSWER✔✔adopt & enforce rules and regs; practice
of embalming, business of funeral directing, sanitary conditions for places of
business, apprentices and students, scope of exams, and carrying out provisions
relating to peace, health, safety, welfare and morals
, what premises can the bureau inspect? - ANSWER✔✔those in which the business
of a funeral director is conducted, embalming is practiced, or human remains
stored
what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER✔✔state funeral
directors & embalmers fund
the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to - ANSWER✔✔officers
of public institution or medical college, hospitals, casket sellers, cemetery solely
for the interment of human dead
where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - ANSWER✔✔superior
court of county of sacramento, county of residence of plaintiff/petitioner, county
where act occurred
what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment? -
ANSWER✔✔specific street address, storage room, prep room, managed by FDR,
establishment license
do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no, what are the
reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of these rooms? -
ANSWER✔✔no; common ownership or contractual agreement within close
geographical proximity
when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral director? -
ANSWER✔✔at all times
do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral establishment?
- ANSWER✔✔no
LICENSE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
Q: What is an embalmer?
A: ✔✔ A professional who is formally qualified to preserve or disinfect human
remains through the injection or external application of chemicals such as
antiseptics, disinfectants, or preservative fluids.
Q: Who qualifies as an apprentice embalmer?
A: ✔✔ An individual learning the practice of embalming under the direct
supervision of a licensed embalmer who has at least two years of professional
experience.
Q: What is the role of a funeral director?
A: ✔✔ A person involved in preparing bodies for burial or other final disposition,
managing a funeral business, or using professional titles such as "funeral director,"
"undertaker," or "mortician."
Q: How is a funeral establishment defined?
A: ✔✔ A dedicated place of business within a building that is used solely for
activities involving the preparation and coordination of final disposition services.
Q: What is a trustee in the context of funeral service funds?
A: ✔✔ A trust company or banking institution responsible for managing and
holding funds placed in trust for funeral services.
,Q: Who is considered the trustor?
A: ✔✔ The individual who deposits money or funds into a trust, typically to
prepay for funeral services.
Q: Who is the beneficiary in a funeral trust arrangement?
A: ✔✔ The person for whom funeral services are being arranged and ultimately
provided.
Q: What does “corpus of the trust” refer to?
A: ✔✔ The total amount of money and any securities paid into the trust by the
trustor.
Q: In what section of California law can the Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Law be found?
A: ✔✔ It is located in Division 3, Chapter 12 of the Business and Professions
(B&P) Code.
what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau? -
ANSWER✔✔licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions
what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau? -
ANSWER✔✔protection of the public
according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may __________
relating to ____________. - ANSWER✔✔adopt & enforce rules and regs; practice
of embalming, business of funeral directing, sanitary conditions for places of
business, apprentices and students, scope of exams, and carrying out provisions
relating to peace, health, safety, welfare and morals
, what premises can the bureau inspect? - ANSWER✔✔those in which the business
of a funeral director is conducted, embalming is practiced, or human remains
stored
what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER✔✔state funeral
directors & embalmers fund
the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to - ANSWER✔✔officers
of public institution or medical college, hospitals, casket sellers, cemetery solely
for the interment of human dead
where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - ANSWER✔✔superior
court of county of sacramento, county of residence of plaintiff/petitioner, county
where act occurred
what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment? -
ANSWER✔✔specific street address, storage room, prep room, managed by FDR,
establishment license
do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no, what are the
reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of these rooms? -
ANSWER✔✔no; common ownership or contractual agreement within close
geographical proximity
when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral director? -
ANSWER✔✔at all times
do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral establishment?
- ANSWER✔✔no
