Funeral Law Final Exam CORRECT
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A)
Any uninvited contact by a licensee or her or his agent for the purpose of the sale of burial services or
merchandise to the family or next of kin of a person after her or his death has occurred - ANSWER at
need solicitation
Any construction unit of belowground crypts that is acceptable to the department and that a cemetery
uses to initiate its belowground crypt program or to add to existing belowground crypt structures -
ANSWER bank of belowground crypts
Interment space in preplaced chambers, either side by side or multiple depth, covered by earth and sod
and known also as "lawn crypts," "westminsters," or "turf-top crypts" - ANSWER belowground crypts
Any personal property offered or sold by any person for use in connection with the final disposition,
memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains or cremated remains -
ANSWER funeral goods/burial merchandise
A rigid container that is designed for the encasement of human remains and that is usually constructed
of wood or metal, ornamented, and lined with fabric - ANSWER casket
A structure or building that is substantially exposed above the ground and that is intended to be used for
the inurnment of cremated remains - ANSWER columbarium
A group of two or more business entities that share common ownership in excess of 50 percent -
ANSWER common business enterprise
The enclosed space within which the cremation process takes place. Anything covered by these
procedures shall be used exclusively for the cremation of human remains - ANSWER cremation chamber
, The casket or alternative container in which the human remains are transported to and placed in the
cremation chamber for a cremation - ANSWER cremation container
A rigid outer container composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass in which an urn is placed prior to being
interred in the ground that is designed to support the earth above the urn - ANSWER cremation
internment container
Any person who is licensed under this chapter to sell preneed burial or funeral service and merchandise
contracts or direct disposition contracts in this state - ANSWER preneed sales agent
The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation process to
unidentifiable bone fragments by manual means - ANSWER processing
The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation and processing to
granulated particles by manual or mechanical means - ANSWER pulverization
A facility that is operated independently of a funeral establishment, crematory, or direct disposal
establishment, that maintains space and equipment for the storage and refrigeration of dead human
bodies - ANSWER refrigeration facility
Any service that operates independently of a funeral establishment or a direct disposal establishment,
that handles the initial removal of dead human bodies, and that offers its service to funeral
establishments and direct disposal establishments for a fee - ANSWER removal services
A location set aside within a cemetery that is used for the spreading or broadcasting of cremated
remains that have been removed from their container and can be mixed with or placed on top of the soil
or ground cover or buried in an underground receptacle on a commingled basis and that are
nonrecoverable - ANSWER scattering garden
Any communication that directly or implicitly requests an immediate oral response from the recipient -
ANSWER solicitation
, The 3 stated purposes of Chapter 497 - ANSWER protect interest of consumer by regulating preneed
sales/cemeteries, protect right to control decisions relating to funeral arrangements, to protect public
health interests
5 standards which a cremation container must meet - ANSWER readily combustible, must be able to
close, leak resistant, rigid enough for handling with ease, provide protection for crematory operator
The order of priority by which persons may be the legally authorized person - ANSWER decedent prior to
death, person named by decedent, living spouse, children, parents, siblings, grandchild, grandparents
How many members are on the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services? - ANSWER 10
The composition of members belonging to the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services -
ANSWER 2 funeral directors, 1 funeral director with a crematory and preneed, 2 cemeterians, 1
monument maker, 1 health officer, 3 consumers
Can two members of the Board be employed by the same company? - ANSWER no
How long are the terms of office of Board Members? - ANSWER 4 years
Who may temporarily suspend a board member for malfeasance, etc? - ANSWER governor
Who may permanently remove a board member for malfeasance, etc? - ANSWER senate
How many meetings may a board member miss before he/she is considered to have resigned from the
Board? - ANSWER 3 in a row or half for the year
What is the amount of the fee imposed upon initial licensure and each renewal thereof to combat
unlicensed activity? - ANSWER $5
Are licenses transferable if the business sells to another owner? - ANSWER no
