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NC FUNERAL LAW EXAM 2025 | BRAND NEW
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Four members of the Board of Funeral Service are appointed by the
Governor from nominees recommended by: - correct-answer-The
North Carolina Funeral Directors Association.
Every NC Burial association with assets less than $10,000. shall have a
secretary or secretary/treasurer that shall have a bond payable to the
Board of Funeral Service as trustee for the burial association. This bond
shall be in the amount between __________. - correct-answer-$1,000
and $10,000.
A certificate of cremation is not required to have this information; -
correct-answer-The name of the spouse or the next-of-kin.
What is the number of board members on the North Carolina Board of
Funeral Service? - correct-answer-Nine.
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When an out-of-state licensee wishes to obtain a NC license, that
person should have practiced the same in their own state for a period of
not less than _______ year(s). - correct-answer-Three.
Which of the following items is not necessary on an application form for
new funeral establishments? - correct-answer-All full-time and part-
time employees of the funeral home.
George was on a bus travelling across the state. He started (boarded)
the bus in Buncombe County, stopped to eat lunch with a group in
Catawba County, died in Rowan County, was discovered and removed
from the bus in Mecklenburg County. In which county should the death
certificate be filed? - correct-answer-Mecklenburg.
What is the purpose of a crematory's processor unit? - correct-answer-
To pulverize cremated remains.
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Who issues permits for disintemrent-reinterment? - correct-answer-
Local registrar.
When there has been no representive of the estate appointed following
a death, not made payable to the estate, and the amount in the
preneed funeral fund is more than $100.00 then the funds are to be
made to: - correct-answer-The clerk of superior court in the county of
probate.
A person that wrongfully causes a person to change from one burial
association to another burial association shall be guilty of _______. -
correct-answer-Class I Misdemeanor
When do all funeral licenses, renewals, and duplicates expire each year?
- correct-answer-December 31st.
The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service has _____ members. -
correct-answer-Nine.
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Myrtle and her dog, FiFi, have been together for 16 years. It is Myrtle's
wish that, in the event FiFi dies before her, that the dog be preserved
and retained until Myrtle's death, and at that time, both shall be
cremated together in the same cremation chamber. Is this a lawful
practice? - correct-answer-No.
To be licensed in NC as a funeral director, one must be at least ____
years of age. - correct-answer-18
Funeral homes must permanently mark a dead human body in its care
with that person's identification. This marking shall be- - correct-
answer-The ankle or wrist of the dead human body.
Which of the following items is not necessary on an application form for
new funeral establishments? - correct-answer-All full-time and part-
time employees of the funeral home.
NC FUNERAL LAW EXAM 2025 | BRAND NEW
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Four members of the Board of Funeral Service are appointed by the
Governor from nominees recommended by: - correct-answer-The
North Carolina Funeral Directors Association.
Every NC Burial association with assets less than $10,000. shall have a
secretary or secretary/treasurer that shall have a bond payable to the
Board of Funeral Service as trustee for the burial association. This bond
shall be in the amount between __________. - correct-answer-$1,000
and $10,000.
A certificate of cremation is not required to have this information; -
correct-answer-The name of the spouse or the next-of-kin.
What is the number of board members on the North Carolina Board of
Funeral Service? - correct-answer-Nine.
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When an out-of-state licensee wishes to obtain a NC license, that
person should have practiced the same in their own state for a period of
not less than _______ year(s). - correct-answer-Three.
Which of the following items is not necessary on an application form for
new funeral establishments? - correct-answer-All full-time and part-
time employees of the funeral home.
George was on a bus travelling across the state. He started (boarded)
the bus in Buncombe County, stopped to eat lunch with a group in
Catawba County, died in Rowan County, was discovered and removed
from the bus in Mecklenburg County. In which county should the death
certificate be filed? - correct-answer-Mecklenburg.
What is the purpose of a crematory's processor unit? - correct-answer-
To pulverize cremated remains.
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Who issues permits for disintemrent-reinterment? - correct-answer-
Local registrar.
When there has been no representive of the estate appointed following
a death, not made payable to the estate, and the amount in the
preneed funeral fund is more than $100.00 then the funds are to be
made to: - correct-answer-The clerk of superior court in the county of
probate.
A person that wrongfully causes a person to change from one burial
association to another burial association shall be guilty of _______. -
correct-answer-Class I Misdemeanor
When do all funeral licenses, renewals, and duplicates expire each year?
- correct-answer-December 31st.
The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service has _____ members. -
correct-answer-Nine.
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Myrtle and her dog, FiFi, have been together for 16 years. It is Myrtle's
wish that, in the event FiFi dies before her, that the dog be preserved
and retained until Myrtle's death, and at that time, both shall be
cremated together in the same cremation chamber. Is this a lawful
practice? - correct-answer-No.
To be licensed in NC as a funeral director, one must be at least ____
years of age. - correct-answer-18
Funeral homes must permanently mark a dead human body in its care
with that person's identification. This marking shall be- - correct-
answer-The ankle or wrist of the dead human body.
Which of the following items is not necessary on an application form for
new funeral establishments? - correct-answer-All full-time and part-
time employees of the funeral home.
