TEXAS STATE MORTUARY LAW EXAM 2024| ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
Who is required to sign a purchase agreement for a
cemetery
- CORRECT ANS: Operator of cemetery
A body kept in the receiving vault shall not be
regarded as disinterred until after the expiration date
of how many days - CORRECT ANS: 30 days
Where can you build a crematory - CORRECT ANS: 1.
On commercial embalming establishment property
2. Adjacent to a perpetual care cemetery or funeral
establishment
In the embalming formula C x V = C x V the variable
V refers to the - CORRECT ANS: Volume of the
concentrate
The adult caskets that are not required to be full size
may be displayed - CORRECT ANS: 1. Online
2.In a partial panel display
3. By video
If permission to embalm is oral the funeral
establishment must maintain - CORRECT ANS: 1.
Written document for 2 years
2. Name of the person authorizing embalming
3. The person relationship to the deceased
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A death certificate shall be filed with the local register
District - CORRECT ANS: Not later than the 10th day
after the date of death The attending physician shell
complete the medical certification not later than -
CORRECT ANS: 5 days after receiving the death
certificate
Licensed Funeral Directors must renew their license on
- CORRECT ANS: The last day on the licensee birth
month
A Crematory must keep records on file for how many
years for each Cremations - CORRECT ANS: At least
until the fifth anniversary of the cremation
The mandatory continuing education subjects for
each renewal period for both funeral directors and
embalmers are - ANSWER
: 1. Vital statistics
2. Ethics
3. Laws Rules & regulations
A dead human body shall not be cremated within how
many hours after death unless this is waived by court
order or medical
examiner in writing - CORRECT ANS: 48 hours
The funeral service petitioner must document
attempt to obtain
permission to embalm over a minimum of how many
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hours - CORRECT ANS: 3 hours
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The term unreasonable time refers to requirement to
refund excess funds within how many days from the
date received - CORRECT ANS: 10 days
Regarding cremation containers human remains must
be placed in a cremation container that - CORRECT
ANS: 1. Resistant to leakage
2. Is rigid for easy handling
3. Is made of combustible materials
Manifestation by words or other conduct which is a
false representation of a matter of fact is called -
ANSWER
: Misrepresentation
If cremated remains have not been claimed by the
authorizing agent, the cremated remains may not be
disposed of earlier than - CORRECT ANS: 121st day
A person may dispose of cremated remains in which
of the following ways? - CORRECT ANS: 1. Crypt
2. Grave
A certificate of fetal death shall be filed for any
stillbirth, if the period of gestation is at least -
CORRECT ANS: 20 weeks
The funeral director must transmit a Report of Death
to the local registrar in how many hours after
assuming custody of a dead
body - CORRECT ANS: 24 hours
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