FLORIDA FUNERAL STATE TEST
STUDY GUIDE, FSE 2080 DAVIS FINAL
STUDY, FLORIDA FUNERAL LAW
CRIMES EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS||100% GUARANTEED
PASS||UPDATED 2026\2027
SYLLABUS||A+ GRADED||<<RECENT
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Who keeps the interest earned for a pre-need contract cancelled 87 days after being
written - ANSWER ✓ The pre-need licensee (establishment)
What percentage must be placed in trust for alternative methods of trusting -
ANSWER ✓ 90%
How long is a temporary pre-need sales agent license valid - ANSWER ✓ 120
days once
How long after death does a funeral director have to obtain a burial-transit permit
if there is no extension of time - ANSWER ✓ Within 5 days of death
How long after receiving the death certificate from the funeral director, does the
physician have to sign the DC listing the cause of death - ANSWER ✓ Within 72
hours
Whom does the funeral director give the Burial-transit permit to if the body is
buried - ANSWER ✓ Cemetery personnel
,Whom does the funeral director give the burial-transit permit to if the body is to
be cremated - ANSWER ✓ Crematory personnel
If a funeral director buries a body in a cemetery which has no sexton, what should
the funeral director do with the burial-transit permit - ANSWER ✓ Give it to the
person who is in charge of final disposition
What expenses may be paid for by the Secretary of the Army for a army
serviceman who died while on active duty in the Middle East - ANSWER ✓ -
Notification
- Preparation of remains
- Furnishing uniform
- Furnishing casket
- Hearse expenses
- Funeral director services
- Transportation of remains
- Interment
- Presentation of flag
Benefits that a prisoner of war is entitled to, if they die in the custody of the US
Military - ANSWER ✓ - Notification
- Preparation
- Clothing
- Casket
- Transportation
- Interment
If a person dies in a National Forest, who is responsible for the expenses in
transporting the deceased out of the forest - ANSWER ✓ Secretary of agriculture
If a person dies in a national park, who is responsible for the expenses of
transporting the deceased out of the national park - ANSWER ✓ Secretary of
Interior
A person dies in a Public Health Service Hospital. Who is responsible for the
reasonable burial expenses of the deceased? - ANSWER ✓ Surgeon General
How long is the extension for filing a death certificate, if the extension is
approved by the registrar - ANSWER ✓ 5 days
,What entity determines if a presumptive death certificate is issued - ANSWER ✓
Court
Who may receive a certified copy of the "long term" death certificate which
includes the cause of death - ANSWER ✓ Family
Which state department oversees death certificates - ANSWER ✓ Department of
health
anyone who discovers the death of a person and doesn't report it - ANSWER ✓
misdemeanor 1
body must be stored in refrigeration 24 hours after death - if not, you can be
charged with - ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor 1
buying or selling or trafficking of dead bodies/parts - ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor
1
transporting anatomical donation outside of the state - ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor
1
body must be completely covered at all times, if not you can be charged with -
ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor 1
What is the offense/ penalty omitting the real cause of death on a death certificate
- ANSWER ✓ 3rd degree Felony, $5000 finer
Fetal death - ANSWER ✓ Death prior to 20th week of gestation
What is the offense/penalty for altering a death certificate to an insurance
company - ANSWER ✓ 3rd degree felony, 5 years imprisonment, $5000 fine
Is the scattering of cremated remains following cremation considered to be final
disposition? - ANSWER ✓ No
, What offense/ Penalty is given for purchasing a death certificate from a local
registrar for financial gain - ANSWER ✓ 3rd degree felony, $5000 fine,
imprisonment of 5 years
What offense / penalty is a doctor subject to for charging to sign a death certificate
- ANSWER ✓ 2nd degree misdemeanor, 60 days imprisonment, $500 fine
What offense/ penalty are you subject to for burying someone without a burial-
transit permit - ANSWER ✓ 2nd degree misdemeanor, 60 days imprisonment,
$500 fine
Dead body - ANSWER ✓ Body or body parts for which death occurred recently
For a fetal death certificate to be issued, the baby had to reach what week of life,
though not yet being born - ANSWER ✓ 20 week gestation
If a baby is born in the 30th week and following birth the attending physician
notices a single heart beat, which death certificate should be filed- fetal death
certificate or regular death certificate - ANSWER ✓ Regular death certificate
Methods of disposition as described by the Department of Health - ANSWER ✓ -
Burial
-Interment
- Cremation
- Removal from state
Which local registrar would issue the burial-transit permit - ANSWER ✓ the
county in which the person died in
When must a burial-transit permit be given to the person in charge of the place of
final disposition - ANSWER ✓ Prior to disposition
Assume you are in charge of a retort. Prior to cremation, you are given the burial-
transit permits. What do you do with those permits that are given to you -
ANSWER ✓ Forward to local department of vital statistics within 10 days
Assuming there is no extension, when must a death certificate be filed by -
ANSWER ✓ With 5 days of death
STUDY GUIDE, FSE 2080 DAVIS FINAL
STUDY, FLORIDA FUNERAL LAW
CRIMES EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS||100% GUARANTEED
PASS||UPDATED 2026\2027
SYLLABUS||A+ GRADED||<<RECENT
VERSION>>
Who keeps the interest earned for a pre-need contract cancelled 87 days after being
written - ANSWER ✓ The pre-need licensee (establishment)
What percentage must be placed in trust for alternative methods of trusting -
ANSWER ✓ 90%
How long is a temporary pre-need sales agent license valid - ANSWER ✓ 120
days once
How long after death does a funeral director have to obtain a burial-transit permit
if there is no extension of time - ANSWER ✓ Within 5 days of death
How long after receiving the death certificate from the funeral director, does the
physician have to sign the DC listing the cause of death - ANSWER ✓ Within 72
hours
Whom does the funeral director give the Burial-transit permit to if the body is
buried - ANSWER ✓ Cemetery personnel
,Whom does the funeral director give the burial-transit permit to if the body is to
be cremated - ANSWER ✓ Crematory personnel
If a funeral director buries a body in a cemetery which has no sexton, what should
the funeral director do with the burial-transit permit - ANSWER ✓ Give it to the
person who is in charge of final disposition
What expenses may be paid for by the Secretary of the Army for a army
serviceman who died while on active duty in the Middle East - ANSWER ✓ -
Notification
- Preparation of remains
- Furnishing uniform
- Furnishing casket
- Hearse expenses
- Funeral director services
- Transportation of remains
- Interment
- Presentation of flag
Benefits that a prisoner of war is entitled to, if they die in the custody of the US
Military - ANSWER ✓ - Notification
- Preparation
- Clothing
- Casket
- Transportation
- Interment
If a person dies in a National Forest, who is responsible for the expenses in
transporting the deceased out of the forest - ANSWER ✓ Secretary of agriculture
If a person dies in a national park, who is responsible for the expenses of
transporting the deceased out of the national park - ANSWER ✓ Secretary of
Interior
A person dies in a Public Health Service Hospital. Who is responsible for the
reasonable burial expenses of the deceased? - ANSWER ✓ Surgeon General
How long is the extension for filing a death certificate, if the extension is
approved by the registrar - ANSWER ✓ 5 days
,What entity determines if a presumptive death certificate is issued - ANSWER ✓
Court
Who may receive a certified copy of the "long term" death certificate which
includes the cause of death - ANSWER ✓ Family
Which state department oversees death certificates - ANSWER ✓ Department of
health
anyone who discovers the death of a person and doesn't report it - ANSWER ✓
misdemeanor 1
body must be stored in refrigeration 24 hours after death - if not, you can be
charged with - ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor 1
buying or selling or trafficking of dead bodies/parts - ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor
1
transporting anatomical donation outside of the state - ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor
1
body must be completely covered at all times, if not you can be charged with -
ANSWER ✓ misdemeanor 1
What is the offense/ penalty omitting the real cause of death on a death certificate
- ANSWER ✓ 3rd degree Felony, $5000 finer
Fetal death - ANSWER ✓ Death prior to 20th week of gestation
What is the offense/penalty for altering a death certificate to an insurance
company - ANSWER ✓ 3rd degree felony, 5 years imprisonment, $5000 fine
Is the scattering of cremated remains following cremation considered to be final
disposition? - ANSWER ✓ No
, What offense/ Penalty is given for purchasing a death certificate from a local
registrar for financial gain - ANSWER ✓ 3rd degree felony, $5000 fine,
imprisonment of 5 years
What offense / penalty is a doctor subject to for charging to sign a death certificate
- ANSWER ✓ 2nd degree misdemeanor, 60 days imprisonment, $500 fine
What offense/ penalty are you subject to for burying someone without a burial-
transit permit - ANSWER ✓ 2nd degree misdemeanor, 60 days imprisonment,
$500 fine
Dead body - ANSWER ✓ Body or body parts for which death occurred recently
For a fetal death certificate to be issued, the baby had to reach what week of life,
though not yet being born - ANSWER ✓ 20 week gestation
If a baby is born in the 30th week and following birth the attending physician
notices a single heart beat, which death certificate should be filed- fetal death
certificate or regular death certificate - ANSWER ✓ Regular death certificate
Methods of disposition as described by the Department of Health - ANSWER ✓ -
Burial
-Interment
- Cremation
- Removal from state
Which local registrar would issue the burial-transit permit - ANSWER ✓ the
county in which the person died in
When must a burial-transit permit be given to the person in charge of the place of
final disposition - ANSWER ✓ Prior to disposition
Assume you are in charge of a retort. Prior to cremation, you are given the burial-
transit permits. What do you do with those permits that are given to you -
ANSWER ✓ Forward to local department of vital statistics within 10 days
Assuming there is no extension, when must a death certificate be filed by -
ANSWER ✓ With 5 days of death
