INDIANA STATE BOARD FUNERAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND A NSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTI ONS
Question :Alternative Container
Correct answer:A rigid or nonrigid receptacle or other
enclosure that
is made of a nonmetallic material
does not have ornamentation or an inner lining.
Question :Board
Correct answer:The state board of funeral and cemetery
service.
Question :Branch Location
Correct answer:A physical structure
that is owned or leased by a person, not in conjunction with any other person, who owns and operates a licensed funeral home in the same or adjoining county.
where human remains are prepared for viewing, a funeral, or final disposition after initial preparation in a funeral home.
where memorial visitation or the viewing of human remains is conducted before or as a memorial or funeral service.
where funerals that are not primarily religious or worship purposes are conducted or held.
Question :Casket
Correct answer:A rigid container that
is made of wood, metal or other material
is ornamented
has a fixed or nonfixed inner lining
is designed to encase human remains
Question :Consumer
Correct answer:A person that discusses, offers to
purchase, or purchases funeral goods or funeral services for the individual's human remains.
during an individual's lifetime
after their death
Question :Cremate
Correct answer:To incinerate human remains and to
mechanically or manually reduce the bone fragments of the remains to unidentifiable bone fragments.
Question :Disposition
Correct answer:1) interment of human remains in the
earth in an established cemetery 2) interment of human remains in a mausoleum or columbarium 3) disposal of cremated human remains on the property of a consenting owner, on uninhabited public land, or on a waterway 4) burial of human remains at seas 5) delivery of human remains within the jurisdiction of the anatomical education program to a school, college, or physician entitled by law to receive the human remains for the promotion of science and art of medicine or dentistry 6) other final disposal of human remains
Question :Embalmer
Correct answer:A person who is licensed as an
embalmer.
Question :Embalming
Correct answer:The temporary preservation and
disinfection of human remains by the internal or external application of chemicals or by other methods in preparation for disposition.
Question :Exempted Person
Correct answer:A person that does not perform any
funeral services other than one (1) or more of the
following:
sells, as a seller or an agent,
funeral merchandise
cremates human remains, but does not conduct a funeral service in conjunction with the cremation.
cremates human remains or holds human remains less than forty-eight (48) hours for the purpose of cremating the human remains without a funeral service or memorial service in conjunction with the final disposition of the cremated remains
