NYS Mortuary Law Exam QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment - ANSWERFalse
All changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise selected are
going to be listed under either funeral homes charges or cash advances -
ANSWERTrue
When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must be a
licensed and registered NYS funeral director - ANSWERTrue
A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of Funeral
Directing is exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as long as
their status remains inactive - ANSWERTrue
The body of a person that has died in NYS may not be removed from the state
unless a permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS -
ANSWERTrue
A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property owned,
leased or under the control of a cemetery - ANSWERTrue
Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door to door or telephone
solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential customer, is
prohibited in NYS - ANSWERTrue
The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and undertakers
shall be renewable July 1st of each even year - ANSWERTrue
Registered residents may only perform their duties with the state of NY -
ANSWERTrue
The DOH may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to
determine the qualifications to be licensed - ANSWERTrue
TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer
interment receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and
asks for such information.
IS the following statement True or False: ONLY a liscensed and registered funeral
director may give out such information over the telephone? - ANSWERFalse
While the term "Funeral Home" is used all across NYS, it is not an official, legal term
used in the law to define or describe funeral directing activities or requirements. -
ANSWERTrue
,A person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the subject of an
order of protection protecting the decedent, does not have the automatic right to
control the disposition of the remains of the decedent. - ANSWERTrue
What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human remains of the
following, from highest to lowest - ANSWER1. Domestic partner
2. Any of decedents surviving children age 18 or more
3. Decedents surviving parents
4. Decedents surviving siblings age 18 or more
For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, they must
be - ANSWERLiving person, duly licensed and duly registered
A single physical location, address or premises devoted to or used for the care and
preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or
funeral ceremonial purpose is the definition of a - ANSWERFuneral establishment
The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include the
following notification if they occurred during the previous biennium period -
ANSWER1. sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets
2. Sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
3. Death of any manager or funeral director in the previous two years
4. Termination of the business entity
After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many
CEU'S must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end of
every biennium period. - ANSWER12
Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals engaged in
the practice of funeral directing - ANSWER1. Undertaker
2. Embalmer
3. Funeral director
The use of a rental casket for viewing hours at a Funeral in NYS is - ANSWERNot
prohibited by regulation
Funeral directors must complete a minimum of _____ contact hours of continuing
education in each registration biennium to be eligible for registration renewal at the
conclusion of the current biennium period - ANSWER12
Which of the following titles (if used in NYS) authorizes the holder to be present and
personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human body
from the place where death occurs with no other license or registered funeral service
professional in attendance? - ANSWER1. Funeral director
2. Registered Resident
A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price on each
casket, outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with the actual retain
price printed in _____ inch or larger numbers - ANSWEROne Half
, When would a funeral establishments biennium registration start? - ANSWERJuly 1
2021
Which arteries does the DOH require as a "test for death" prior to embalming -
ANSWERPulsation has cesed in the radial or other arteries
Monies in a irrevocable pre need account in excess of what is needed to pay for
services and merchandise at the time of the death must be paid to the -
ANSWERCounty
For the purpose of having the priority right to control a final disposition, "person" is
defined as a natural person ____ years of age or older - ANSWER18
A funeral director has only one of three surviving siblings in the funeral home to
make arrangement following the death of their sister. He is the youngest of surviving
siblings. According to the priority right to control statue, which of following is legally
accurate information for the funeral director in deciding whether or not to proceed
with the arrangements? - ANSWERProceed, all 3 siblings have an equal priority
right, and only one is needed to make arrangement
Which of the following apply to Cash Advance charges on an itemization of Funeral
services and Merchandise - ANSWER1. May be estimated
2. The funeral firm may not make a profit on these items
A fetal death must be registered within ____hours of the time of the fetus was
delivered - ANSWER72
The initial registration fee for a funeral establishment is - ANSWER$400
There are exceptions in the law that automatically remove individual persons from a
priority list to control a final disposition. Which of the following are exceptions that
would trigger the automatic removal of certain persons - ANSWER1. Unwilling to
serve
2. Not reasonably available
3. Not competent to serve
Clergy honoraria is what type of charge on a NYS itemization statement -
ANSWERCash advance
In cremation cases, the person contracting funeral services must sign a "customers
designation of intentions" stating that any cremated remains not claimed within
_____days from the date of cremation may be disposed of by the funeral firm -
ANSWER120
Any container or enclosure which is placed in the grace around the casket to prevent
the collapse of the grave and or to protect the casket, including bit not limited to
receptacles commonly known as burial vaults, grace boxes or grave liners, is the
definition for - ANSWEROuter interment receptacle
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment - ANSWERFalse
All changes on an itemization of funeral services and merchandise selected are
going to be listed under either funeral homes charges or cash advances -
ANSWERTrue
When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must be a
licensed and registered NYS funeral director - ANSWERTrue
A funeral director duly registered as inactive with the NYS Bureau of Funeral
Directing is exempt from mandatory continuing education requirements as long as
their status remains inactive - ANSWERTrue
The body of a person that has died in NYS may not be removed from the state
unless a permit has been issued for such removal by a local registrar in NYS -
ANSWERTrue
A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property owned,
leased or under the control of a cemetery - ANSWERTrue
Soliciting or attempting to solicit funeral business using door to door or telephone
solicitation methods, unless specifically requested by a potential customer, is
prohibited in NYS - ANSWERTrue
The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers and undertakers
shall be renewable July 1st of each even year - ANSWERTrue
Registered residents may only perform their duties with the state of NY -
ANSWERTrue
The DOH may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral interview to
determine the qualifications to be licensed - ANSWERTrue
TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer
interment receptacle) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and
asks for such information.
IS the following statement True or False: ONLY a liscensed and registered funeral
director may give out such information over the telephone? - ANSWERFalse
While the term "Funeral Home" is used all across NYS, it is not an official, legal term
used in the law to define or describe funeral directing activities or requirements. -
ANSWERTrue
,A person who causes the death of another, and at the time was the subject of an
order of protection protecting the decedent, does not have the automatic right to
control the disposition of the remains of the decedent. - ANSWERTrue
What is the order of priority right to control the disposition of human remains of the
following, from highest to lowest - ANSWER1. Domestic partner
2. Any of decedents surviving children age 18 or more
3. Decedents surviving parents
4. Decedents surviving siblings age 18 or more
For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, they must
be - ANSWERLiving person, duly licensed and duly registered
A single physical location, address or premises devoted to or used for the care and
preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or
funeral ceremonial purpose is the definition of a - ANSWERFuneral establishment
The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include the
following notification if they occurred during the previous biennium period -
ANSWER1. sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the funeral firm assets
2. Sale or transfer of the controlling interest of the firm
3. Death of any manager or funeral director in the previous two years
4. Termination of the business entity
After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many
CEU'S must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end of
every biennium period. - ANSWER12
Which is the proper, legal titles in NYS used to identify those individuals engaged in
the practice of funeral directing - ANSWER1. Undertaker
2. Embalmer
3. Funeral director
The use of a rental casket for viewing hours at a Funeral in NYS is - ANSWERNot
prohibited by regulation
Funeral directors must complete a minimum of _____ contact hours of continuing
education in each registration biennium to be eligible for registration renewal at the
conclusion of the current biennium period - ANSWER12
Which of the following titles (if used in NYS) authorizes the holder to be present and
personally supervise and arrange for the removal or transfer of a dead human body
from the place where death occurs with no other license or registered funeral service
professional in attendance? - ANSWER1. Funeral director
2. Registered Resident
A funeral firm must conspicuously and legibly display the actual retail price on each
casket, outer interment entombment receptacle they display, with the actual retain
price printed in _____ inch or larger numbers - ANSWEROne Half
, When would a funeral establishments biennium registration start? - ANSWERJuly 1
2021
Which arteries does the DOH require as a "test for death" prior to embalming -
ANSWERPulsation has cesed in the radial or other arteries
Monies in a irrevocable pre need account in excess of what is needed to pay for
services and merchandise at the time of the death must be paid to the -
ANSWERCounty
For the purpose of having the priority right to control a final disposition, "person" is
defined as a natural person ____ years of age or older - ANSWER18
A funeral director has only one of three surviving siblings in the funeral home to
make arrangement following the death of their sister. He is the youngest of surviving
siblings. According to the priority right to control statue, which of following is legally
accurate information for the funeral director in deciding whether or not to proceed
with the arrangements? - ANSWERProceed, all 3 siblings have an equal priority
right, and only one is needed to make arrangement
Which of the following apply to Cash Advance charges on an itemization of Funeral
services and Merchandise - ANSWER1. May be estimated
2. The funeral firm may not make a profit on these items
A fetal death must be registered within ____hours of the time of the fetus was
delivered - ANSWER72
The initial registration fee for a funeral establishment is - ANSWER$400
There are exceptions in the law that automatically remove individual persons from a
priority list to control a final disposition. Which of the following are exceptions that
would trigger the automatic removal of certain persons - ANSWER1. Unwilling to
serve
2. Not reasonably available
3. Not competent to serve
Clergy honoraria is what type of charge on a NYS itemization statement -
ANSWERCash advance
In cremation cases, the person contracting funeral services must sign a "customers
designation of intentions" stating that any cremated remains not claimed within
_____days from the date of cremation may be disposed of by the funeral firm -
ANSWER120
Any container or enclosure which is placed in the grace around the casket to prevent
the collapse of the grave and or to protect the casket, including bit not limited to
receptacles commonly known as burial vaults, grace boxes or grave liners, is the
definition for - ANSWEROuter interment receptacle
