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NY STATE (MORTUARY) LAW NEWEST ACTUAL
2025/2026 EXAM #1 - #4 WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.VERIFED/GRADED A+
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment. - (ANSWER)False
All charges on a Itemization of Funeral Service & Merchandise Selected are going
to be listed under either Funeral Home Charges or Cash Advance Charges. -
(ANSWER)True
When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must
be a licensed and registered NYS funeral director. - (ANSWER)True
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. - (ANSWER)True
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. -
(ANSWER)True
A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property
owned, leased, or under the control of a cemetery. - (ANSWER)True
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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. - (ANSWER)True
The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers, and
undertakers shall be renewable July 1st of each even year. - (ANSWER)True
Registered residents may only preform their duties within the state of NY. -
(ANSWER)True
The Dept. of Health may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral
interview to determine their qualifications to be licensed. - (ANSWER)True
TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer
burial*) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for such
information. Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE: Only a licensed and
registered funeral director may give out such information over the telephone? -
(ANSWER)False
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. - (ANSWER)True
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. - (ANSWER)True
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What is the order of the priority right to control the disposition of human remains
of the following, from highest to lowest?
1. Decedent's surviving parents
2. Decedent's surviving siblings aged 18+
3. Decedent's domestic partner
4. Any of the decedent's surviving children aged 18+ - (ANSWER)3-4-1-2
For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, which of
the following must apply?
1. They must be a living person
2. The person must be duly licensed as a funeral director
3. They must be a manager
4. The person must be duly registered as a funeral director - (ANSWER)1, 2, and 4
only
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 purposes is the definition of a: - (ANSWER)Funeral
establishment
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The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include
which of the following notifications, if they occurred during the previous
biennium period?
1. 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 2 years
4. Termination of the business entity
5. Any catastrophic loss of firm assets equal to or greater than $25,000 in the
previous 2 years - (ANSWER)1, 2, and 4 only
After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many
CEUs must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end
of every biennium period? - (ANSWER)12
Which of the following are the proper, legal titles used in NYS to identify those
individuals engaged in the practice of funeral directing?
1. Undertaker
2. Embalmer
3. Mortician
4. Funeral Director - (ANSWER)1, 2, and 4 only
NY STATE (MORTUARY) LAW NEWEST ACTUAL
2025/2026 EXAM #1 - #4 WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.VERIFED/GRADED A+
The name of a registered resident may be on the letterhead of a funeral
establishment. - (ANSWER)False
All charges on a Itemization of Funeral Service & Merchandise Selected are going
to be listed under either Funeral Home Charges or Cash Advance Charges. -
(ANSWER)True
When a funeral firm is owned and operated by an individual, the individual must
be a licensed and registered NYS funeral director. - (ANSWER)True
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. - (ANSWER)True
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. -
(ANSWER)True
A funeral firm may not operate or conduct a funeral business on real property
owned, leased, or under the control of a cemetery. - (ANSWER)True
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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. - (ANSWER)True
The biennial registration of licensed funeral directors, embalmers, and
undertakers shall be renewable July 1st of each even year. - (ANSWER)True
Registered residents may only preform their duties within the state of NY. -
(ANSWER)True
The Dept. of Health may direct a registered resident to appear for an oral
interview to determine their qualifications to be licensed. - (ANSWER)True
TRUE STATEMENT: Accurate information from price lists (general, casket, or outer
burial*) must be available over the telephone if a customer calls and asks for such
information. Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE: Only a licensed and
registered funeral director may give out such information over the telephone? -
(ANSWER)False
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. - (ANSWER)True
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. - (ANSWER)True
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What is the order of the priority right to control the disposition of human remains
of the following, from highest to lowest?
1. Decedent's surviving parents
2. Decedent's surviving siblings aged 18+
3. Decedent's domestic partner
4. Any of the decedent's surviving children aged 18+ - (ANSWER)3-4-1-2
For the name of a person to be on a funeral establishment business card, which of
the following must apply?
1. They must be a living person
2. The person must be duly licensed as a funeral director
3. They must be a manager
4. The person must be duly registered as a funeral director - (ANSWER)1, 2, and 4
only
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 purposes is the definition of a: - (ANSWER)Funeral
establishment
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The registration renewal application for a funeral establishment must include
which of the following notifications, if they occurred during the previous
biennium period?
1. 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 2 years
4. Termination of the business entity
5. Any catastrophic loss of firm assets equal to or greater than $25,000 in the
previous 2 years - (ANSWER)1, 2, and 4 only
After 25 years of continuous service as a funeral director in this state, how many
CEUs must that director accumulate to have their registration renewed at the end
of every biennium period? - (ANSWER)12
Which of the following are the proper, legal titles used in NYS to identify those
individuals engaged in the practice of funeral directing?
1. Undertaker
2. Embalmer
3. Mortician
4. Funeral Director - (ANSWER)1, 2, and 4 only
