Cemetery, Crematory and Other Dispositions
About 24 of every 150 questions on a NBE Arts practice exam come from this topic.
What to know
Know the forms of final disposition (earth burial, entombment, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, natural organic reduction, burial at sea, body donation) and how each works: cemetery types and terms, perpetual care, columbaria and niches, interment rights, disinterment, cremation authorization and identification, processing and returning cremated remains, scattering, and green burial standards.
Where it comes from
- NBE Arts content outline (2023), Domain V
- 40 C.F.R. 229.1 (burial at sea)
- Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Try a practice question
Which statement best describes a hybrid cemetery as the Green Burial Council uses the term?
- AA cemetery that accepts only cremated remains and offers scattering gardens
- BA cemetery that combines a crematory, a chapel, and a mausoleum on one site
- CA conventional cemetery allowing vault-free natural burial in some or all areas
- DA natural burial ground permanently protected by a conservation easement on its land
Show the answer
A conventional cemetery allowing vault-free natural burial in some or all areas. A hybrid cemetery is a conventional cemetery that permits green burial, without vaults and with biodegradable containers, in designated sections or throughout. A conservation easement defines a conservation burial ground.
Green Burial Council, Green Burial Defined (greenburialcouncil.org)