FSE 2080 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
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FSE 2080 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
Who may witness a will?
in FL, anyone who is competent to act as a witness - Answers in FL, anyone who is competent to act as a witness
List 3 sources of duties of a funeral director - Answers Statutory duties / contractual / common law...
FSE 2080 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
Who may witness a will?
in FL, anyone who is competent to act as a witness - Answers in FL, anyone who is competent to act as a
witness
List 3 sources of duties of a funeral director - Answers Statutory duties / contractual / common law
Explain what is meant by fitness for a particular purpose warranty and give example - Answers The
expectation that merchandise which is purchased will function in the specs way for which it was
purchased. EXAMPLE - family purchased cardboard casket for a person that weighs 500 pounds the
funeral director has the responsibility to say it might not work for the specific needs.
Explain merchant ability warranty and give example - Answers Expectation that merchandise will
function in the way an average customer expects it to function EXAMPLE- that the casket cap will close
properly
Explain the funeral directors liability for the cars in the procession including the funeral coach and a
pallbearer car driven by non-funeral home employee - Answers To be liable / have to show negligent
driver was an agent of funeral home
Define tort - Answers A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to
civil legal liability
Explain whether you can refuse to release a body to a family if they owe you a balance on a precious
funeral bill. - Answers Actionable violation of the families right to burial without interference
Explain what options you have for providing or not providing service to a family who owes you a balance
on a previous funeral bill - Answers You do not have to serve the family
Distinguish between a common and private carrier - Answers Common carrier- any carrier required by
law to convey passengers without refusal if they approved fare is paid(airline,train, etc)
Private carrier- those who transport only in particular instances and only for those they choose to
contact with (funeral home,vehicles and livery )
Define COMPENSATORY DAMAGES - Answers Designed to compensate for the actual property damage,
harm, or injury the plaintiff suffers
Define punitive damages and tell when they may be awarded - Answers Payment imposed by a court
upon an individual or entity to punish the individual (entity) for wrongdoing or gross negligence only
when conduct has been so outrageous as to justify punishment
,Define NOMINAL DAMAGES - Answers A small amount of money awarded to a plaintiff in a lawsuit to
show he or she was right but suffered no substantial harm
By the Americans with Disabilities Act, must all existing barriers be removed? If not, which barriers need
not be removed? - Answers Only readily achievable barriers need be removed.
Removal can be accomplished without much difficulty or expense given cost as well as size and financial
resources of business.
Can a funeral home charge a fee for embalming a body with a contagious disease, such as a person
dying with HIV / AIDS? - Answers Prohibited by ADA
Give another name for disinterment - Answers exhumation
Define disinterment - Answers Removal of dead body or remains from its place of repose after
disposition has been completed
Define eminent domain and how this would apply to disinterment - Answers The inherent power of a
government to take a private property for public use. In the U.S. just compensation to the property
owners is required. Could be used to justify disinterment of a body
List and describe 3 types of cemeteries - Answers Public- may be for profit of municipal
Private- this may be a religious or family cemetery
National- operates by the federal government this cemetery is usually reserved for members or retired
members or the armed forces
Explain what meant by public - Answers
If the funeral director states that she will provide the limou- sine for the funeral procession and then
hires a livery service to provide driver, is the funeral director liable if the limousine is involved in a wreck
and passengers in the car are injured? - Answers Yes
only readily achievable barriers need be removed. removal can be accomplished without much difficulty
or expense given cost as well as size and financial resources of business. - Answers By the Americans
with Disabilities Act, must all existing barriers be removed? If not, which barriers need not be removed?
If a funeral procession lead car lawfully enters an intersec- tion, and the stoplight then turns red, who
has the right of way at the intersection the remaining cars in procession or other cars at the intersection
who have a green light? - Answers Remaining cars
Explain what is meant by disinterment for public purposes. - Answers normally made for evidentiary
purposes, criminal or civil casesprovide access for public streetsthreat to public health, e.g.
contaminating well water
Who may witness a will? - Answers in FL, anyone who is competent to act as a witness
, List the factors which are considered in cases involving disinterment. - Answers must be a compelling
public or private reason-right to disposition does not necessarily include the right to disinterment.-
usually requires a state permit-the family must be notified and give permission for disinterment to occur
(unless ordered by a government official)-in most states, FD must be present at disinterment-if outer
burial container is damaged during disinterment, a new outer burial container may be required before
re-burial.
In what ways can a will be revoked by writing? - Answers Writing a new will or adding an amendment or
codicil
Define indemnification. - Answers the promise of one person to protect another person from a lawsuit.
What acts are sufficient to revoke a will? - Answers destroying all copies of old wills, amending by
divorce, marriage, etc or adding a codicil
Is a fax authorization sufficient for cremation authorization? - Answers authorization may be a fax,
though the original should be sent to and retained by the funeral home
Who is primarily responsible for payment of the funeral expense? - Answers the estate or person signing
the at need contract
Each consumer must be given an informed consent statement that explains the process of cremation.
Write an informed consent summary that could be used at a funeral home. - Answers 1. identification of
the decedent2. identification of authorizing agent/ authority of authorizing agent3. medical devices4.
authorization to cremate, process and pulverize6.disposition of personal property6. instructions of final
disposition7. authority to dispose of unclaimed cremains8. recycling metal 9. certification and
indemnification
Is the funeral bill considered a debt of the deceased? - Answers No, it is considered the debt of the
estate
Give an example of statutory duties of a funeral director. - Answers permits to arrange for
disposition.death certificatesburial permittransit permit
Differentiate between a pre-arranged funeral and a pre-funded funeral - Answers pre arranged- planned
but not necessarily funded-pre-funded includes the funds
Give 3 examples of contractual duties of a funeral director. - Answers safeguarding a bodyprivacy is
essential when dealing with family mattersif the funeral director signs a contract to provide specific
caskets, they are obligated to do so.
What license must a person possess to sell funeral insurance? - Answers Life insurance license
What is meant by safeguarding a body? - Answers The funeral directors duty to keep the body in at least
the same condition in which they received it
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