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1. 1Which North Carolina credential authorizes both funeral directing and embalming?

   1. A. Funeral service licensee
   2. B. Funeral director
   3. C. Embalmer
   4. D. Resident trainee

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The statute defines the practice of funeral service as including "the practice of funeral directing or embalming." The combined credential is the funeral service licensee.

   Reference: Chapter 90 - Article 13A — G.S. 90-210.20(13), (18), (19)

2. 2Besides cremation, which process does North Carolina expressly include in the statutory term reduction?

   1. A. Alkaline hydrolysis
   2. B. Embalming
   3. C. Anatomical donation
   4. D. Graveside interment

   Answer: A

   Explanation: G.S. 90-210.121 defines reduction as "Alkaline hydrolysis, cremation, and any other method of final disposition of human remains authorized pursuant to this Article."

   Reference: Chapter 90 - Article 13F — G.S. 90-210.121(20b)

3. 3A mutual burial association member's benefit is to be transferred to a North Carolina funeral establishment that will provide the burial service. What status must that receiving establishment have?

   1. A. Registration as a mutual burial association under Article 13E.
   2. B. Licensure solely as a crematory under Article 13F.
   3. C. Registration and a funeral establishment permit under G.S. 90-210.25.
   4. D. A prearrangement insurance policy under Article 13D.

   Answer: C

   Explanation: G.S. 90-210.80 requires the North Carolina recipient to "be a funeral establishment registered and permitted under the provisions of G.S. 90‑210.25". The other statuses concern adjacent funeral activities but do not meet the stated recipient condition.

   Reference: North Carolina General Statutes, Article 13E — Page 1

4. 4A caller asks a funeral home about its direct-cremation offerings and prices. What must the provider give over the telephone under the Funeral Rule?

   1. A. Provide available listed prices and responsive details during the telephone call.
   2. B. Provide listed prices after arranging an in-person conference at the funeral home.
   3. C. Provide selected item prices after mailing the customer a general price list.
   4. D. Provide item prices after the customer signs an at-need arrangement statement.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: 16 CFR 453.2(b)(1) requires providers to "Tell persons who ask by telephone about the funeral provider's offerings or prices any accurate information" from the price lists and other readily available information reasonably answering the question. An in-person visit, selection, or signed purchase is not a condition of the telephone duty.

   Reference: 16 CFR Part 453 — Funeral Industry Practices — 16 CFR 453.2(b)(1)

5. 5Four vehicle groups are preparing to travel near a funeral. Which group meets the statutory definition of a funeral procession under G.S. 20-157.1(a)?

   1. A. Two vehicles going to the funeral chapel, led by one displaying a funeral-home pennant.
   2. B. A single vehicle carrying remains with a funeral-home pennant on its hood.
   3. C. Two vehicles returning from the chapel, led by one displaying a funeral-home pennant.
   4. D. Two vehicles going to the chapel, led by an unmarked vehicle with no designation.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: G.S. 20-157.1(a) defines a procession as "two or more vehicles accompanying the remains of a deceased person, or traveling to the church, chapel, or other location at which the funeral services are to be held" with a qualifying lead vehicle or funeral-home insignia. Only the two vehicles going to the chapel with a marked lead meet all those conditions.

   Reference: North Carolina General Statutes, G.S. 20-157.1 — G.S. 20-157.1(a)

6. 6A funeral director requests information about an individual life-insurance policy of a deceased person to help arrange funeral services. Which pair of materials must accompany that statutory request?

   1. A. A death notification under G.S. 130A-112 and written authorization from the disposition-right holder.
   2. B. A certified death certificate and written assignment of proceeds from the named beneficiary.
   3. C. A medical-examiner release and written authorization from the funeral establishment owner.
   4. D. A preneed contract copy and written assignment of proceeds from the named beneficiary.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: G.S. 58-58-97(a)(2) calls for "a copy of a notification of death filed pursuant to G.S. 130A‑112" and "written authorization from the person or persons with legal authority to direct disposition". Insurance proceeds assignment, a certified certificate, and a medical-examiner release are not substitutions for this request's specified materials.

   Reference: North Carolina General Statutes, G.S. 58-58-97 — Page 1

7. 7Within how many days must a North Carolina death certificate be filed?

   1. A. Three
   2. B. Four
   3. C. Five
   4. D. Ten

   Answer: C

   Explanation: G.S. 130A-115(a) requires filing "within five days after the death."

   Reference: Chapter 130A - Article 4 — G.S. 130A-115(a)

8. 8A patient known to have hepatitis B dies in a hospital. The attending clinician gives the required infection-precaution notice to the funeral worker. When must that notice be provided?

   1. A. At the time the body is removed from the health care facility.
   2. B. At the time the death certificate is filed with the registrar.
   3. C. At the time the body is accepted for embalming by the funeral home.
   4. D. At the time the burial-transit permit is requested by the transporter.

   Answer: A

   Explanation: 10A NCAC 41A .0212(b) requires notice to the funeral worker or transporter "at the time the body is removed from any hospital, nursing home, or other health care facility." Certificate filing, funeral-home intake, and permit requests are distinct events and are not the stated notice time.

   Reference: 10A NCAC 41A — Communicable Disease Control — 10A NCAC 41A .0212(b)

9. 9A funeral director cannot obtain all of a decedent's personal information by the death-certificate deadline, but the attending physician has supplied proper signed medical certification. What should the director do under 10A NCAC 41H .0502?

   1. A. Hold the certificate until all personal data are obtained, even past the filing deadline.
   2. B. File available information on time and supply missing data to the local registrar within 30 days.
   3. C. File the personal data alone and obtain the physician's medical certification within 30 days.
   4. D. File available information on time and leave any missing personal data for the family to report.

   Answer: B

   Explanation: 10A NCAC 41H .0502 directs the funeral director to "file a death certificate form completed with all available information" when personal details cannot be obtained in time, but "no certificate shall be filed without proper medical certification and signature". Missing information must then reach the local registrar as soon as possible and within 30 days.

   Reference: 10A NCAC 41H — Vital Records — 10A NCAC 41H .0502

10. 10A crematory incinerator is subject to the operational standard in 15A NCAC 02D .1208(c)(2). What is the specified minimum combustion-gas temperature and duration?

    1. A. 1,600°F for at least one second.
    2. B. 1,800°F for at least one second.
    3. C. 1,600°F for at least 55 minutes.
    4. D. 1,800°F for at least 55 minutes.

    Answer: A

    Explanation: 15A NCAC 02D .1208(c)(2) says crematory gases "shall be subjected to a minimum temperature of 1600 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of not less than one second." The 1,800°F and 55-minute figures belong to the adjacent other-incinerator standard, not this crematory minimum.

    Reference: 15A NCAC 02D .1208 — Other Incinerators — 15A NCAC 02D .1208(c)(2)