Sample Mortuary Questions

Front 1

Of the following, who has the primary right to control final disposition of a body

Back 1

Adult son

Front 2

If there's 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

Back 2

Courts

Front 3

A legal terminology, a dead human body is considered

Back 3

Quasi property

Front 4

A good business technique in funeral arrangements is to

Back 4

Have a written contract

Front 5

The next of kin who delivers the personal effects of the deceased to the funeral director is properly termed a

Back 5

Bailor

Front 6

State regulation of funeral services for the Health and Welfare of citizens is an example of a State's

Back 6

Police power

Front 7

A dead human body

Back 7

Is not property in a real sense

Front 8

A funeral director who has physical possession of a dead human body is said to have

Back 8

Actual custody

Front 9

In a cortege, drivers who are under the control of the funeral director are legally referred to as

Back 9

Agent drivers

Front 10

Although a dead body is in one Mortuary, the mortuary which has control of the final deposition is said to have

Back 10

Constructive custody

Front 11

As a funeral director, the only people you should inform, even if asked, that the deceased has an infectious disease are appropriate members of

Back 11

Your staff

Front 12

Any rate of interest above the maximum rate allowable by law is

Back 12

Usury

Front 13

The party who makes an offer is called the

Back 13

Offeror

Front 14

The party who is sued in a civil suit is known as the

Back 14

Defendant

Front 15

The doctrine of stare decisis is concerned with

Back 15

Case law

Front 16

The term that is used when all the terms of a contract has been fully performed by the Contracting parties is

Back 16

Executed

Front 17

A business that is owned by one person is classified as a

Back 17

Sole proprietorship

Front 18

False statements made in writing for the purpose of injuring the reputation of another constitute

Back 18

Libel

Front 19

Personal property permanently attached to land is known as a

Back 19

Fixture

Front 20

Which of the following terms 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

Back 20

Conditional sale

Front 21

A contract to keep an offer open for a specified period of time supported by consideration is called a

Back 21

Option

Front 22

The person appointed by a court to oversee an estate is the

Back 22

Administrator

Front 23

In law a relationship of trust is expressed by the term

Back 23

Fiduciary

Front 24

An intoxicated person makes a contract it is

Back 24

Voidable

Front 25

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

Back 25

Mortuary Law

Front 26

A private or civil wrong whose cause is intentional or caused by negligence for which there may be action or damages is a

Back 26

Tort

Front 27

A notice of complaint given to a defendant defining the complaint and a time frame in which an answer must be received is a

Back 27

Summons

Front 28

An intentional statement of false facts upon which an injured party relied in a decision to enter into a contract, to their detriment is

Back 28

Fraud

Front 29

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

Back 29

Duress

Front 30

Unauthorized embalming may be viewed by the courts as which type of violation

Back 30

Mutilation