Novanation,

You passed the first test, which is realizing that the information you need is scattered, and difficult to find. In the years that I've been sifting through it, it has gotten slightly better organized (and thank goodness for the Internet), but it's still difficult. Your first stop with most of these questions is your state board for the state you are applying to, which appears to be NJ. The contact information can be found on Nasba.org (http://www.nasba.org/nasbaweb/NASBAWeb.nsf/WPMSBL?OpenForm) and the actual website for the NJ board is http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/accountancy/index.htm. I'd recommend you try to find what answers you can on this website, and then call the state board to answer the rest of your questions. And keep that phone number in your speed dial - you'll be using it more than once, I can assure you.