Ca Crematory Manager Exam - California
Code Of Regulations Questions And
Answers 100% Correct!!!
What shall be included on each contract for crematory services? - ANSWER✔✔ (1)
The total contract price.
(2) Terms of payment.
(3) An itemized statement of charges including, as applicable, the following:
(A) Charges for preparation of the body.
(B) Charges for storage.
(C) Charges for permits.
(D) Charges for cremation and disposition.
(E) Charges for transportation.
(F) Any other charges, which shall be particularized.
What shall be included on each pre-arrangement cremation contract? -
ANSWER✔✔ It shall detail the manner in which funds paid on account of such
arrangements are to be handled including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The name or names of the persons, firm or entity with custodial responsibility
for such funds.
(2) The manner in which such funds and earnings thereon are held.
(3) A provision that any such prearrangement is wholly revocable at any time and
that the person establishing such arrangement may recover funds and earnings
thereon. (Can be subject to 10% revocation fee of earnings, must be processed
within 15 days of revocation notice receipt).
What records shall a crematory hold in their offices? - ANSWER✔✔ (1) Name and
address, if known, of the deceased.
(2) Date burial permit was issued.
(3) County issuing burial permit.
(4) Name, address, and relationship of person or persons authorizing cremation
and disposition.
(5) Date of the contract for cremation.
,(6) Date, time, and place remains were picked up or received by the licensee.
(7) Date and time of cremation.
(8) Date, time, place, and type of disposition of the cremated remains or name of
person or entity to whom the cremated remains were released.
What happens to crematory records if the business shuts down? -
ANSWER✔✔ They must be turned over to a cemetery approved by the
bureau, or to the bureau.
If a contract for pre-arranged services contains prices that are subject to change
at the time of delivery, must they contain a disclosure? - ANSWER✔✔ Yes, on
the face of the contract, in 10-point bold type:
"YOU, THE PURCHASER, WILL HAVE TO PAY, AT THE TIME OF NEED, ANY
ADDITIONAL CHARGES RESULTING FROM PRICE INCREASES FOR THE FOLLOWING
PREARRANGED SERVICES AND COMMODITIES:......."
b. Secondary chamber - ANSWER✔✔ -afterburner; smaller than primary chamber;
has a burner that burns gases, smoke and particulates; often referred to as
afterburner chamber
Classification of waste
d. Type 4: - ANSWER✔✔ human and animal remains; carcasses, organs, solid
organic waste from hospitals, labs, abattoirs, and animal pounds.
Classification of waste
c. Type 1-3: - ANSWER✔✔ rubbish, refuse, garbage
. Heat: in cremation- - ANSWER✔✔ heat initiate from a gas burner. Burner is
used to raise the temp of the cremation unit there combustion of human remains
is possible
Other post cremation merchandise
2. Specialty items - ANSWER✔✔ a. thumbprint impressions
b. artwork
c. diamonds
d. fireworks
, e. tattoos
f. records
g. other
Permanent containers (urn)
(2) Materials - ANSWER✔✔ (a) Metal
(b) Wood
(c) Marble
(d) Ceramic
(e) Plastic or polymer
(f) Other
What is the Cremation Rate in Feb 2019? - ANSWER✔✔ 62.65%
(A few) Top states ranked by % of cremations. - ANSWER✔✔ Washington,
Nevada, Oregon, Maine
(A few) bottom states ranked by % of cremations - ANSWER✔✔ Mississippi,
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
Impacts of the sanitation movement - ANSWER✔✔ 1. Cholera outbreak
2. Impact of immigrants
3. Sanitation movement in England and America was responsible for the increase
of cremations
4. Miasma versus Germ Theory
Germ Theory - ANSWER✔✔ the theory that infectious diseases are caused by
certain microbes
Who proposed the germ theory? - ANSWER✔✔ Louis Pasteur
Miasma Theory - ANSWER✔✔ The theory that diseases were caused by miasma
or bad air arising from organic decay, filth, or other conditions of the local
environment.
Code Of Regulations Questions And
Answers 100% Correct!!!
What shall be included on each contract for crematory services? - ANSWER✔✔ (1)
The total contract price.
(2) Terms of payment.
(3) An itemized statement of charges including, as applicable, the following:
(A) Charges for preparation of the body.
(B) Charges for storage.
(C) Charges for permits.
(D) Charges for cremation and disposition.
(E) Charges for transportation.
(F) Any other charges, which shall be particularized.
What shall be included on each pre-arrangement cremation contract? -
ANSWER✔✔ It shall detail the manner in which funds paid on account of such
arrangements are to be handled including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The name or names of the persons, firm or entity with custodial responsibility
for such funds.
(2) The manner in which such funds and earnings thereon are held.
(3) A provision that any such prearrangement is wholly revocable at any time and
that the person establishing such arrangement may recover funds and earnings
thereon. (Can be subject to 10% revocation fee of earnings, must be processed
within 15 days of revocation notice receipt).
What records shall a crematory hold in their offices? - ANSWER✔✔ (1) Name and
address, if known, of the deceased.
(2) Date burial permit was issued.
(3) County issuing burial permit.
(4) Name, address, and relationship of person or persons authorizing cremation
and disposition.
(5) Date of the contract for cremation.
,(6) Date, time, and place remains were picked up or received by the licensee.
(7) Date and time of cremation.
(8) Date, time, place, and type of disposition of the cremated remains or name of
person or entity to whom the cremated remains were released.
What happens to crematory records if the business shuts down? -
ANSWER✔✔ They must be turned over to a cemetery approved by the
bureau, or to the bureau.
If a contract for pre-arranged services contains prices that are subject to change
at the time of delivery, must they contain a disclosure? - ANSWER✔✔ Yes, on
the face of the contract, in 10-point bold type:
"YOU, THE PURCHASER, WILL HAVE TO PAY, AT THE TIME OF NEED, ANY
ADDITIONAL CHARGES RESULTING FROM PRICE INCREASES FOR THE FOLLOWING
PREARRANGED SERVICES AND COMMODITIES:......."
b. Secondary chamber - ANSWER✔✔ -afterburner; smaller than primary chamber;
has a burner that burns gases, smoke and particulates; often referred to as
afterburner chamber
Classification of waste
d. Type 4: - ANSWER✔✔ human and animal remains; carcasses, organs, solid
organic waste from hospitals, labs, abattoirs, and animal pounds.
Classification of waste
c. Type 1-3: - ANSWER✔✔ rubbish, refuse, garbage
. Heat: in cremation- - ANSWER✔✔ heat initiate from a gas burner. Burner is
used to raise the temp of the cremation unit there combustion of human remains
is possible
Other post cremation merchandise
2. Specialty items - ANSWER✔✔ a. thumbprint impressions
b. artwork
c. diamonds
d. fireworks
, e. tattoos
f. records
g. other
Permanent containers (urn)
(2) Materials - ANSWER✔✔ (a) Metal
(b) Wood
(c) Marble
(d) Ceramic
(e) Plastic or polymer
(f) Other
What is the Cremation Rate in Feb 2019? - ANSWER✔✔ 62.65%
(A few) Top states ranked by % of cremations. - ANSWER✔✔ Washington,
Nevada, Oregon, Maine
(A few) bottom states ranked by % of cremations - ANSWER✔✔ Mississippi,
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
Impacts of the sanitation movement - ANSWER✔✔ 1. Cholera outbreak
2. Impact of immigrants
3. Sanitation movement in England and America was responsible for the increase
of cremations
4. Miasma versus Germ Theory
Germ Theory - ANSWER✔✔ the theory that infectious diseases are caused by
certain microbes
Who proposed the germ theory? - ANSWER✔✔ Louis Pasteur
Miasma Theory - ANSWER✔✔ The theory that diseases were caused by miasma
or bad air arising from organic decay, filth, or other conditions of the local
environment.
