Regulatory Compliance: Sample Questions Flashcards
Of the following, who has the primary right to control final disposition of a body?
- Adult son
- Cousin
- Creditor
- State
Adult son
If there is no will, the property and holdings of a deceased person will be distributed according to law and an administrator / personal representative will be appointed by the:
Court
In legal terminology, a dead human body is considered:
Quasi-property
A good business technique in funeral arrangements is to:
Have a written contract
The next of kin who delivers the personal effects of the deceased to the funeral director is properly termed a:
Bailor
State regulation of funeral services for the health and welfare of citizens is an example of a state’s:
Police power
A dead human body:
Is not property in a real sense
The funeral director who has physical possession of a dead human body is said to have:
Actual custody
In a cortege, drivers who are under the control of the funeral director are legally referred to as:
Agent drivers
Although a dead body is in one mortuary, the mortuary which has control of the final disposition is said to have:
Constructive custody
As a funeral director, the only people you should inform, even if asked, that the deceased has an infectious disease are appropriate members of:
Your staff
A practitioner serves a family and provides both services and merchandise. The state requires the funeral home to pay 4% sales tax on merchandise. Prices are as follows:
Services: $2,000
Casket: $2,250
Vault: $1,600
Total: $5,850
How much sales tax does the funeral director pay the state?
$154.00
Any rate of interest above the maximum rate allowable by law is:
Usury
The party who makes an offer is called the:
Offeror
The party who is sued in a civil suit is known as the:
Defendant
The doctrine of stare decisis is concerned with:
Case law
The term that is used when all the terms of a contract have been fully performed by the contracting parties is:
Executed
A business that is owned by one person is classified as a:
Sole proprietorship
False statements made in writing for the purpose of injuring the reputation of another constitute:
Libel
Personal property permanently attached to land is known as a:
Fixture
Describes a sale in which the buyer, so long as the buyer is not in default, has a right to possession before payment in full is made?
Conditional sale
A contract to keep an offer open for a specified period of time supported by consideration is called a / an:
Option
The person appointed by a court to oversee an estate is the:
Administrator
In law, a relationship of trust is expressed by the term:
Fiduciary
An intoxicated person makes a contract. It is:
Voidable
The branch of the law which deals with the rules of conduct and actions governing a mortician during his legal relations with the public is:
Mortuary law
A private or civil wrong whose cause is intentional or caused by negligence for which there may be action or damages is a:
Tort
A notice of complaint given to a defendant defining the complaint and a time frame in which an answer must be received is a(n):
Summons
An intentional statement of false facts upon which an injured party relied in a decision to enter into a contract, to their detriment is:
Fraud
The method of removing one’s free will in making a decision by threats to do physical harm to the person, his family, or property is:
Duress
Unauthorized embalming may be viewed by the courts as which type of violation?
Mutilation
