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National Board Examination (NBE) - Arts Section
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NBE-Arts Funeral Service National Board Exam (NBE) License: Complete Roadmap
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Funeral Arranging & DirectingYou are here
Master the arrangement conference, religious and cultural funeral customs, ceremony types, and disposition options (~34% of scored items).
Legal & Regulatory Compliance
Study the FTC Funeral Rule (GPL, itemization, embalming disclosure, casket handling), OSHA, vital statistics, and preneed contracts (~24%).
Counseling, Marketing & Merchandising
Learn grief theory and aftercare, plus caskets, vaults, urns, merchandising, and pricing (~15% counseling and ~14% merchandising).
Cemetery, Crematory & Final Review
Cover burial, cremation, cemetery regulations, and cremated remains disposition, then complete the 100-question practice bank and review every miss with the AI tutor (~13%).
Can You Take the NBE-Arts Exam?
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- •Register through The Conference (ICFSEB) and schedule at a Pearson VUE test center
- •Both NBE-Arts and NBE-Sciences sections must be passed to complete the NBE
- •Each section is scored independently with a scaled passing score of 75
- •Check your specific state board's licensing requirements
NBE-Arts Quick Facts
Time to Get Licensed
8-16 weeks alongside or after mortuary science coursework
From start to license in hand
Retake Policy
Candidates who do not achieve a scaled score of 75 may retake the section per The Conference's retake policy; the fee applies to each attempt.
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What You'll Study
16 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Introduction & Exam Overview
2 sections
Chapter 1: First Call, Removal & Arrangement Conference
4 sections
Chapter 2: Ceremony Types & Service Logistics
4 sections
Chapter 3: Religious & Cultural Funeral Customs
4 sections
Chapter 4: Military Honors, Veterans Benefits & Transfer of Remains
3 sections
Chapter 5: Funeral Merchandise Types
4 sections
Chapter 6: Merchandising Methods, Pricing & Ethical Sales
4 sections
Chapter 7: Grief Theory & Models of Mourning
5 sections
Chapter 8: Counseling Skills, Aftercare & Family Dynamics
4 sections
Chapter 9: FTC Funeral Rule — Core Requirements
4 sections
Chapter 10: Telephone Disclosures & Prohibited Misrepresentations
2 sections
Chapter 11: OSHA & Workplace Safety in Funeral Service
2 sections
Chapter 12: Disposition Authority, Preneed, Vital Statistics & Ethics
4 sections
Chapter 13: Cemetery Structures, Interment & Regulations
3 sections
Chapter 14: Cremation Process, Authorization & Remains Disposition
3 sections
Chapter 15: Alternative Dispositions & Special Procedures
3 sections
NBE-Arts Exam Details
National Board Examination (NBE) - Arts Section
Administered by International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (The Conference / ICFSEB)
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (The Conference / ICFSEB) content outline
The arrangement conference, funeral rites and customs across religions and cultures, ceremony types (visitation, funeral, memorial, committal, graveside), and disposition options
FTC Funeral Rule (GPL, itemization, embalming disclosure, casket-handling), OSHA, vital statistics and death certificates, contracts and preneed regulation
Grief theory (Kubler-Ross, Worden, dual-process), anticipatory and disenfranchised grief, aftercare, and communicating with the bereaved
Caskets, outer burial containers, urns, merchandising methods, pricing concepts, and ethical sales practices
Burial and interment, the cremation process and authorization, cemetery structures and regulations, and cremated remains disposition
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