Free delaware law, rules and regulations (dlrr) exam Practice Questions

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1. 1A Delaware funeral home uses chemical fluid injected into a decedent's vascular system to preserve the body. How does Delaware law classify this procedure?

   1. A. Embalming
   2. B. Cremation
   3. C. Burial
   4. D. Natural organic reduction

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Delaware defines embalming as "the disinfecting or preservation of a dead human body" by chemical substances, including vascular injection. The described procedure is embalming.

   Reference: Delaware Code Online — 24 Del. C. § 3101(5)

2. 2What minimum grade satisfies Delaware's state examination requirement for full funeral-director licensure?

   1. A. 65%
   2. B. 75%
   3. C. 80%
   4. D. 70%

   Answer: D

   Explanation: The Board regulation says an applicant "shall be deemed to have successfully passed the state examination with a minimum grade of 70%."

   Reference: Delaware Regulations - Title 24 3100 — 24 Del. Admin. Code 3100 § 2.4

3. 3A Delaware contract provides funeral merchandise for future use when a named person dies. Which item, standing alone, is excluded from the statutory definition of a preneed burial contract?

   1. A. A cemetery lot
   2. B. A casket
   3. C. Funeral directing services
   4. D. Transportation of the deceased

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The definition covers future funeral services and merchandise but "does not mean the furnishing of a cemetery lot, mausoleum or memorial."

   Reference: Title5 Ch34 — 5 Del. C. § 3401(3)

4. 4Ordinarily, by when must a Delaware death certificate be filed after a death in the state?

   1. A. Within 3 days and before final disposition
   2. B. Within 5 days, whether or not disposition occurred
   3. C. Within 10 days after final disposition
   4. D. Within 30 days after medical certification

   Answer: A

   Explanation: A death certificate must be filed "within 3 days after death ... and prior to final disposition of the dead body."

   Reference: Delaware Code Online — 16 Del. C. § 3123(a)

5. 5A Delaware funeral home employee is assigned to accompany and assist a procession. Which statutory role may that employee perform?

   1. A. Funeral escort
   2. B. Traffic-control officer
   3. C. State Registrar
   4. D. Common carrier

   Answer: A

   Explanation: A "Funeral escort" may include funeral-home personnel, law-enforcement personnel, or another agency authorized to operate emergency vehicles.

   Reference: Title21 Ch71 — 21 Del. C. § 7101(b)

6. 6At what point does Delaware's public-health regulation direct a licensed funeral director to print and sign the burial-transit permit?

   1. A. After filing the death record
   2. B. Before obtaining the decedent's personal data
   3. C. After final disposition
   4. D. Before medical certification begins

   Answer: A

   Explanation: A licensed funeral director must print and sign the burial-transit permit "after filing the death record."

   Reference: Delaware Regulations - Title 16 4602 — 16 Del. Admin. Code 4602 § 4.1

7. 7A registered embalming-room assistant is asked to perform arterial injection while a licensed funeral director watches. What does Delaware law allow?

   1. A. The assistant may embalm whenever the director is present
   2. B. The assistant may not embalm the decedent
   3. C. The assistant may embalm after completing one year of employment
   4. D. The assistant may embalm if the family signs consent

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The statutory definition states that an embalming-room assistant "shall not possess the ability to embalm a decedent." Supervision does not create that authority.

   Reference: Delaware Code Online — 24 Del. C. § 3101(6)

8. 8A Delaware funeral director pays a third party for a cash-advance item. What percentage of that net payment may be passed through as the billed cash-advance amount?

   1. A. 100%
   2. B. 90%
   3. C. 110%
   4. D. 120%

   Answer: A

   Explanation: A cash-advance item may be billed only when "the net amount paid for the item is for funeral services in the same amount as is billed by the funeral director." The permitted pass-through is therefore 100% of the net payment.

   Reference: Delaware Regulations - Title 24 3100 — 24 Del. Admin. Code 3100 § 7.0

9. 9A funeral provider receives a customer's installment under a Delaware preneed funeral agreement. How is that payment initially characterized by statute?

   1. A. As the provider's operating revenue
   2. B. As trust funds
   3. C. As an insurance premium
   4. D. As a cemetery endowment

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Delaware provides that payments made under covered preneed arrangements "are held to be trust funds."

   Reference: Title5 Ch34 — 5 Del. C. § 3402(a)

10. 10A body is found in Delaware, but the actual place of death cannot be determined. What place must the death certificate show?

    1. A. The decedent's last residence
    2. B. The place where the body was found
    3. C. The county medical examiner's office
    4. D. The funeral establishment taking custody

    Answer: B

    Explanation: When the place of death is unknown and the body is found in Delaware, "The place where the body is found shall be shown as the place of death."

    Reference: Delaware Code Online — 16 Del. C. § 3123(a)(1)