California Cemetery Manager Exam
Cemetery Broker - correct answer-A person who, other than in reference to an occasional
sale, sells, or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, lists, leases or offers to lease, or solicits,
or negotiates the purchase or sale, lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment
services, or interest therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Salesperson - correct answer-Natural person who, other than in reference to an
occasional sale, is employed by a cemetery broker to sell, or offer for sale, list or offer to list,
or to buy, or to offer to buy, or to lease, or to solicit, or to negotiate the purchase or sale or
lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment services, or any interest therein, for his
or her own account or for another
Cemetery Manager - correct answer-Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or
herself out as engaged in those activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining,
operating or improving a cemetery, interment of human remains, and the care, preservation,
and embellishment of cemetery property
Crematory Manager - correct answer-Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or
herself out as engaged in those activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining, or
operating a crematory
Cemetery Licensee - correct answer-Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or
cemetery manager
Crematory Licensee - correct answer-Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed
and shall mean a cemetery licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Crematory Remains Disposer - correct answer-Person who, for his or her own account or for
another, disposes of, or offers to dispose of, cremated human remains by scattering over or
on land or sea
Public Cemetery - correct answer-Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and
county, or public cemetery district
Non Applicable Cemeteries - correct answer-Religious, public, and any private or fraternal
burial park under 10 acres established prior to Sept 19, 19392
Cemetery Information Disclosed - correct answer-Owner of each cemetery, the name of the
cemetery, the business address of the cemetery owner, and the physical address of the
cemetery
Employees with License Issues - correct answer-Manager shall inform bureau within 30 days
of being informed of any employee with a previous license that has been revoked,
suspended, on probation, or surrendered
, Annual Cemetery Report - correct answer-On or before June 1, or within five months after
close of their fiscal year including number of square feet of grave space and the number of
crypts and niches sold or disposed of under endowment care, amount deposited in
endowment care fund, statement showing separately the total amount of general and special
endowment care funds, and use of endowment care funds
Annual Audit Report - correct answer-Signed by CPA or public accountant, includes
inspection, review, and audit of the general purpose financial statements of the endowment
care fund and special care fund, which shall include the balance sheet, the statement of
revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance. 30 day extension possible. Change in
trustee must be reports within 30 days. Change from calendar to fiscal reporting as long as
reporting period does not exceed one year. Filed with county clerk.
Annual Audit Penalties - correct answer-$400 fine per month (up to 5 months) for a late
report. Failure to pay within 15 days shall be cause for disciplinary action.
Endowment Care Examination - correct answer-At least once every five years and as
deemed necessary, when cemetery authority fails to file report required, when the
accountant or auditor qualifies his or her certification of the report. Examination paid for by
cemetery authority or face revocation.
Examination Details - correct answer-Bureau shall have free access to the books and
records relating to trust funds and expenditures of the funds
Limited Liability Company - correct answer-No licensee shall have ownership interest as a
member in a limited liability company certificated as a cemetery authority.
Endowment Care Control - correct answer-Bureau may administer oaths, inadequate funds
may require bureau to enforce rules, reinvest funds in conformity with code. Superior court of
the county of principal office shall force receivership (may be due to embezzled or wrongfully
diverted fund). Costs of any actions can be taken from available income from any
endowment care fund. Bureau to become custodian of funds
Preneed Disclosure - correct answer-Every cemetery authority shall present to the survivor
of the deceased who is handling the burial or cremation arrangements or the responsible
party a copy of any preneed agreement that has been signed and paid in full, or in part, by or
on behalf of the deceased and is in the possession of the cemetery authority. Penalty three
times the cost of the preneed of $1,000, whichever is greater.
Contract Requirements - correct answer-Must have Bureau contact info on first page of any
sale contract in 8-point boldface type
Consumer Guide - correct answer-Must make available to consumers a copy of the
Consumer Guide to Funeral and Cemetery Purchases to anyone that requests it. Must give
a copy prior to drafting a contract.