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
