National Board Examination for Funeral Directors

Hi I would like to have the information about National Board Examination (NBE) as well as question for International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The motivation behind the National Board Examination (NBE) is to furnish official authorizing offices with a national assessment of a candidate for licensure in the differing regions of competency required for the field of memorial service. The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards creates, oversees and gives score reporting administrations to the state licensure sheets.

The NBE is utilized as a part of each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia as an evaluation of substance information expected to hone as an authorized Funeral Director or Embalmer. The exam contains two separate segments, a 170-thing Arts area and a 170-thing Sciences segment. Each of these examinations covers the accompanying points.

NBE Arts Section
Funeral Directing 52 Items
Funeral Service Marketing/Merchandising 22 Items
Funeral Service Counseling 23 Items
Regulatory Compliance 38 Items
Cemetery & Crematory Operations 15 Items
Pretest Questions 20 Items

NBE Science Section
Embalming 60 Items
Restorative Art 38 Items
Preparation for Disposition 22 Items
Funeral Service Sciences 30 ITems
Pretest Questions 20 Items

NBE Sample Questions

1. A joint family is always:
A. mobile
B. egalitarian
C. patriarchal
D. matriarchal
2. A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those involved is known as:
A. adaptive
B. humanistic
C. traditional
D. a memorial service
3. Social customs which may be broken without serious consequences are known as:
A. laws
B. norms
C. mores
D. folkways
4. The religion of the United States is basically
A. Buddhist.
B. Judeo-Christian.
C. Muslim.
D. Hindu.
5. In the late 19th century, funeral services were usually held in the
A. home.
B. funeral home.
C. city hall.
D. church building.
6. All of the following are a part of the normal grief response except:
A. guilt
B. hallucinations
C. somatic distress
D. experience symptoms of the deceased’s last illness
7. Blame directed inward is the definition of:
A. guilt
B. anger
C. denial
D. dependency
8. Blame directed outward is the definition of:
A. guilt
B. anger
C. shame
D. dependency
9. The third stage of anticipatory grief described by Kubler-Ross is
A. anger.
B. bargaining.
C. denial.
D. depression.
10. Which of the following types of death would allow for anticipatory grief to occur?
A. SIDS
B. AIDS
C. suicide
D. homicide
11.What type of damages pay over and above the actual loss?
A. token
B. nominal
C. punitive
D. compensatory
12. Rules and Regulations passed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are examples of
A. statutory law.
B. administrative law.
C. case law.
D. common law.