How to Take Your National Board Exams

1. “The Conference” aka The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (theconferenceonline.org) gives you the steps to apply for taking the science and art exams.

2. Pearson / VUE is the company who provides the computer-based testing.

   Normally, your mortuary school director would approve you to take the exams. Only then can you register for a date or separate dates to take the exams. You can lookup test dates online with Pearson VUE or you can call their phone number to get the test date you want.

Resources for Both Exams

• Death Education Assessment Drills​

  • D.E.A.D. stands for Death Education Assessment Drills. We offer comprehensive national board exam testing preparation. D.E.A.D. 3.0 is our latest model and its enhanced questions are better than ever. Our tool features over 3,500 questions. These questions cover every major subject that may be tested on the NBE.

    I used this website program and can personally vouch for its excellence in preparation for the NBE.

Arts Exam

• Contemporary People of Funeral Service

• Legal and Regulatory Compliance

• Funeral Service Counseling

• ​Funeral Service Marketing & Merchandising

• Fraternal Organizations 

• ​Funeral Directing & Arranging

These are review quizzes for the Arts Section of the NBE from Quizlet, which you can take for free.

Science Exam

• Funeral Service Science NBE Practice

• Funeral Service Science

• Preparation of the Deceased

• ​FSE Review of the Principal Arteries

• ​Embalming NBE Review

• Restorative Art - Facial Profile & Geometric Form

• ​Restorative Art multiple choice

• NBE Restorative Art

  These are review quizzes for the Science Section of the NBE from Quizlet, which you can take for free.

National Board Exams