PA STATE BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Act - ANS The Funeral Director Law which regulates the licensure of people and corporations
engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased persons.
Board - ANS The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth
Bureau - ANS The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State
of the Commonwealth
Commissioner - ANS The Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth
Funeral entity - ANS A restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-1935
corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or estate authorized by the
Board to practice the profession of funeral director
Funeral establishment - ANS A place of premise approved by the Board wherein a licensed
funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing, including the
preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Hour of continuing education - ANS Sixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved course
of continuing education
Licensed funeral director - ANS Somebody who has met the educational requirements and
passed the examinations required by the Act
Limited license - ANS A license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed to
practice in another state to practice funeral directing in this Commonwealth in accordance with
section 9c of the Act
Preceptor - ANS A licensed FD under or with whom a resident intern is registered and
operates
Premises - ANS The property on which the funeral establishment is located which consists of
a tract of land not intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare
Prepaid burial account - ANS An account in which money is deposited by the FD during the
lifetime of an individual in accordance with a contract executed between the parties for the
funeral merchandise and services to be performed and delivered at a future time
Prepaid burial contract - ANS A contract executed between a consumer and a licensed FD
which provides that the FD will provide funeral merchandise and render services to the
consumer upon the consumer's death or the death of another designated individual and for
which the consumer pays to the funeral director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time
prior to the rendition of these services
Profession - ANS The entirety of all funeral service licensees and their duties and
responsibilities in connection with the funeral as FD's licensed under the Act
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Act - ANS The Funeral Director Law which regulates the licensure of people and corporations
engaged in the preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased persons.
Board - ANS The State Board of Funeral Directors of the Department of State of the
Commonwealth
Bureau - ANS The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State
of the Commonwealth
Commissioner - ANS The Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth
Funeral entity - ANS A restricted business corporation, professional corporation, pre-1935
corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, widow, widower or estate authorized by the
Board to practice the profession of funeral director
Funeral establishment - ANS A place of premise approved by the Board wherein a licensed
funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing, including the
preparation, care and funeral services for the human dead
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Hour of continuing education - ANS Sixty minutes of actual instruction in an approved course
of continuing education
Licensed funeral director - ANS Somebody who has met the educational requirements and
passed the examinations required by the Act
Limited license - ANS A license issued by the Board that authorizes a person licensed to
practice in another state to practice funeral directing in this Commonwealth in accordance with
section 9c of the Act
Preceptor - ANS A licensed FD under or with whom a resident intern is registered and
operates
Premises - ANS The property on which the funeral establishment is located which consists of
a tract of land not intersected by a public highway or thoroughfare
Prepaid burial account - ANS An account in which money is deposited by the FD during the
lifetime of an individual in accordance with a contract executed between the parties for the
funeral merchandise and services to be performed and delivered at a future time
Prepaid burial contract - ANS A contract executed between a consumer and a licensed FD
which provides that the FD will provide funeral merchandise and render services to the
consumer upon the consumer's death or the death of another designated individual and for
which the consumer pays to the funeral director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time
prior to the rendition of these services
Profession - ANS The entirety of all funeral service licensees and their duties and
responsibilities in connection with the funeral as FD's licensed under the Act
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
