Free Utah Funeral Service Director Law and Rule Examination Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the Utah Funeral Service Director Law and Rule Examination practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1A Utah funeral service director changes both a mailing address and an email address. By when must the director notify the Division?

   1. A. Within 5 business days
   2. B. Within 10 business days
   3. C. Within 20 calendar days
   4. D. Within 30 calendar days

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-1-301.7(1)(a) states: "An applicant, licensee, or certificate holder shall notify the division within 10 business days of a change in mailing address or email address." The ten-business-day deadline applies to both changes.

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-1-301.7(1)(a)

2. 2A licensed Utah funeral service director dies and leaves the establishment in the director's estate. For how long may the personal representative operate it without a licensed director?

   1. A. Six months
   2. B. One year
   3. C. Two years
   4. D. Three years

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-9-303(5)(b)(i) permits operation by the personal representative "for not more than two years from the date of the funeral service director's death" without having a licensed director. The exception does not authorize the representative to perform licensed director functions.

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-9-303(5)(b)

3. 3A licensee submits no renewal before the expiration date printed on the Utah license. What happens to the license?

   1. A. It becomes an inactive license
   2. B. It becomes a surrendered license
   3. C. It automatically expires
   4. D. It becomes a suspended license

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-1-308(2)(b) provides: "A license that is not renewed prior to the expiration date shown on the license automatically expires." No additional grace period is created by this provision.

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-1-308(2)(b)

4. 4A licensed director terminates employment with a Utah funeral establishment. How long does the establishment have to hire a new licensed director before license action may be taken?

   1. A. 30 days after termination
   2. B. 60 days after termination
   3. C. 90 days after termination
   4. D. 120 days after termination

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-9-303(5)(c) gives the establishment "90 days to hire a new licensed funeral service director before action may be taken against the license."

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-9-303(5)(c)

5. 5Unless a rule provides otherwise, what is the effect when an expired Utah license is reinstated 90 days after expiration?

   1. A. It is retroactively reinstated to the expiration date
   2. B. It is effective only from the approval date
   3. C. It is converted to a restricted license
   4. D. It requires a new initial-license examination

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-1-308(5)(c) states: "Except as otherwise provided by rule, a license that is reinstated no later than 120 days after it expires shall be retroactively reinstated to the date it expired." Ninety days falls within that period.

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-1-308(5)(c)

6. 6Under Utah funeral law, how may failure to comply with the preneed-trust payment rules be prosecuted?

   1. A. As theft
   2. B. Only as a class A misdemeanor
   3. C. Only as a class B misdemeanor
   4. D. Only as unprofessional conduct

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-9-503(2) provides that a person who violates that provision "may be prosecuted under Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 4, Theft."

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-9-503(2)

7. 7Why may Utah DOPL require a funeral service applicant to pass a laws and rules examination?

   1. A. To establish the applicant's continuing-education hours
   2. B. To determine eligibility for a fee waiver
   3. C. To replace every occupation-specific examination
   4. D. To ensure familiarity with laws and rules relevant to the profession

   Answer: D

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-1-309 authorizes such an examination "to ensure familiarity with these laws and rules." That statutory purpose controls the requirement.

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-1-309

8. 8Which item does Utah law exclude from the definition of funeral merchandise?

   1. A. A vault
   2. B. A casket
   3. C. A columbarium niche
   4. D. Other personal property holding the body

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-9-102(18)(b) provides that funeral merchandise does not include "a mausoleum crypt," "an interment receptacle preset in a cemetery," or "a columbarium niche."

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-9-102(18)(b)

9. 9Ordinarily, how soon after unlawful conduct is reported must the Division enter a stipulated agreement or initiate an adjudicative proceeding?

   1. A. Within one year
   2. B. Within two years
   3. C. Within four years
   4. D. Within ten years

   Answer: C

   Explanation: Utah Code 58-1-401(6)(a) bars disciplinary action unless the Division acts "within four years after the conduct is reported to the division, except under Subsection (6)(b)."

   Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-1-401(6)(a)

10. 10A Utah director does not contact or independently investigate whether a decedent has other next of kin. What liability follows from that omission alone?

    1. A. Automatic civil and criminal liability
    2. B. Civil liability but no criminal liability
    3. C. Criminal liability but no civil liability
    4. D. No civil or criminal liability

    Answer: D

    Explanation: Utah Code 58-9-606(3) provides that a funeral service director "incurs no civil or criminal liability for failure to contact or independently investigate the existence of any next-of-kin or relative of the decedent."

    Reference: Utah Code Title 58 Current — 58-9-606(3)