NC Funeral Law Exam Questions and Answers (Graded
A)
Four members of the Board of Funeral Service are appointed by the Governor from
nominees recommended by: - 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
__________. - ANSWER $1,000 and $10,000.
A certificate of cremation is not required to have this information; - ANSWER The
name of the spouse or the next-of-kin.
State funeral law mandates that at least these articles be worn by an embalmer while
preparing human remains: - ANSWER Smock and protective gloves.
Every resident trainee shall work at least _____ hours during their apprenticeship. -
ANSWER 2000
Any burial association member failing to pay any assessment within ____ after
notice shall be in bad standing, and unless and until restored, shall not be entitled to
benefits. - ANSWER Thirty days.
If a person dies of a particular disease ( Jacobs-Creutzfeldt, HIV, Hep B, Plague,
rabies, smallpox) away from a health care facility, the attending physician is to notify
the funeral director or person making a removal to use proper precautions- -
ANSWER Verbally as soon as the physician becomes aware of the death.
"Public publication, dissemination, circulation, or placement...." pertains to: -
ANSWER Advertisement.
Of the following violations, which is not prohibited during a continuing education
program or seminar? - ANSWER Talking with a nearby seated neighbor.
When a person or sponsor attempts to gain the Board's approval for a CE
(Continuing education) program, is an outline of the event sufficient for approval? -
ANSWER No.
How many Board members are appointed by the General Assembly through a
recommendation by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. - ANSWER One.
,How long should a crematory operator keep all applicable records (authorizations,
waivers, statements, and reports) and make them available and subject to the
Board's inspection? - ANSWER Three years.
When an out-of-state licensee wishes to obtain North Carolina licensure, is it
necessary that the person submit a photograph of himself or herself to the Board? -
ANSWER Yes.
In computing continuing education (CE) credits, which one of the following may be
allowed to generate credit- within certain guidelines? - ANSWER Question and
answer sessions.
There is a total of ____ unlicensed personnel on the Board of Funeral Service. -
ANSWER Two.
Are funeral homes allowed to offer free embalming in their mutual burial association
plans to consumers? - ANSWER No.
Trust accounts shall be carried in the name of the preneed funeral licensee as _____
- ANSWER Trustee.
The Board members appointed by the General Assembly and recommended by the
Speaker of the House ____ be a licensee. - ANSWER Shall not.
In North Carolina, it is a legal requirement that all licenses by signed by- - ANSWER
The president and secretary of the Board.
How long does the Crematory Authority chairman serve in that capacity? - ANSWER
One year.
Who provides inspectors with appropriate identification cards with appropriate
signatures? - ANSWER The Attorney General of NC.
Jack has completed all of the necessary courses for the funeral directing course at a
mortuary school, but isn't yet a graduate of the mortuary school. Is it possible for
Jack to take his funeral directing test and get his funeral directing license at this
point? - ANSWER No.
North Carolina law states that an apprenticeship or resident traineeship: - ANSWER
May be completed before or after one's funeral education.
No Board of funeral service board member shall serve more than ____ complete
consecutive term(s). - ANSWER Two.
Young-Rest Mortuary performed 199 funeral services last year. What is the
maximum number of resident trainees that they may have at one time? - ANSWER
One.
, Each burial assocation in North Carolina shall have for each funeral home
sponsoring the said burial association not more than ____ agents or representatives
soliciting members. (apart from the board of directors or the secretary) - ANSWER
Five
Does the term "burial" apply only to earth burial? - ANSWER No.
Nirmana is very happy. She received 20 hours of continuing education during the
past year. She knows that she can carry over a maximum of _____ hours into the
next year. - ANSWER Five.
Is it lawful for a North Carolina burial association to merge with an insurance
company? - ANSWER Yes.
The Board can suspend or fail to renew the license of someone that has- - ANSWER
Has practiced gross immorality.
A new crematory is not to be located in which of these sites? - ANSWER Walnut
Street, zoned residential.
How long does a funeral director have to file a death certificate with a local registrar?
- ANSWER Five days after the death.
All crematories in North Carolina shall have refrigeration facilities that will contain at
least ____ adult human body or bodies. - ANSWER Three.
If a preneed funeral contract is funded by a trust deposit or deposits, a preneed
licensee may retain, free of the trust, up to ____ % of any payments made on a
preneed funeral contract. - ANSWER Ten.
Crematory units in NC shall have this type of pan within them: - ANSWER Ash
collection.
What is the process that is used to reduce cremated human remains to unidentifiable
dimensions? - ANSWER Pulverization.
The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service is to have: - ANSWER A president,
vice-president, and a secretary.
What is the purpose of the Preneed Recovery Fund? - ANSWER To reimburse
preneed contract purchasers when there has been some wrongdoing by a preneed
licensee that effects their preneed funds.
A crematory's refrigeration facility must maintain an internal temperature of ____
degrees Farenheit. - ANSWER Forty.
If a preneed contract beneficiary wishes to change funeral homes before the death
occurs, the substitution: - ANSWER Must be to a preneed licensee.
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