NYC HOME IMPROVEMENT FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ What is not 'home improvement'?
Answer: Examples include: construction of a new home or
building; the sale of goods or materials where the seller neither
arranges nor participates in the installation or application; work
performed on a residence owned or controlled by the state or
municipality; painting or decoration when no other home
improvement services are provided.
⩥ Contractor
Answer: Anyone who owns, operates, maintains, conducts,
controls, or transacts a home improvement business, or solicits a
home improvement contract.
⩥ Home improvement contract
Answer: An agreement between a contractor and an owner or
tenant for performance of a home improvement, including all
labor, services, and materials to be furnished and performed.
,⩥ Who must have a DCWP license?
Answer: Any person who solicits, canvasses, sells, performs, or
obtains a home improvement contract as a contractor.
⩥ Who does not require a DCWP license?
Answer: An individual employee working for the contractor, a
person performing a home improvement job less than $200,
plumbers and electricians acting within their licensed craft,
architects and engineers acting exclusively within their scope.
⩥ Local Law 31 of 2020
Answer: Repealed the licensing requirement for Home
Improvement Salespersons, effective August 9, 2020.
⩥ DCWP
Answer: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
⩥ DOB
Answer: Department of Buildings.
⩥ DOT
,Answer: Department of Transportation.
⩥ Consumer Protection Law
Answer: A law that licensees must comply with, alongside all
relevant laws and rules.
⩥ Installation examples of home improvement
Answer: Includes installation of central heating/air conditioning,
central vacuum cleaning systems, storm windows, awnings, and
communication systems.
⩥ Home Improvement Salespersons
Answer: Individuals who solicit or negotiate contracts on behalf
of contractors, no longer licensed by DCWP as of August 9,
2020.
⩥ Home Improvement Contractor license
Answer: A license that must be posted by contractors.
⩥ Qualifying home improvement work
Answer: Work that requires a contractor's license and passing an
examination by DCWP.
, ⩥ Examination purpose
Answer: To test understanding of the law related to home
improvement.
⩥ Relevant laws and rules
Answer: Laws and rules that licensees must know and comply
with, accessible at nyc.gov/BusinessToolbox.
⩥ General Industry and Business Knowledge
Answer: One of the topics covered in the home improvement
examination.
⩥ Advertising and Selling Practices
Answer: Another topic covered in the home improvement
examination.
⩥ Contracts and Cancellations
Answer: One of the subjects tested in the home improvement
examination.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ What is not 'home improvement'?
Answer: Examples include: construction of a new home or
building; the sale of goods or materials where the seller neither
arranges nor participates in the installation or application; work
performed on a residence owned or controlled by the state or
municipality; painting or decoration when no other home
improvement services are provided.
⩥ Contractor
Answer: Anyone who owns, operates, maintains, conducts,
controls, or transacts a home improvement business, or solicits a
home improvement contract.
⩥ Home improvement contract
Answer: An agreement between a contractor and an owner or
tenant for performance of a home improvement, including all
labor, services, and materials to be furnished and performed.
,⩥ Who must have a DCWP license?
Answer: Any person who solicits, canvasses, sells, performs, or
obtains a home improvement contract as a contractor.
⩥ Who does not require a DCWP license?
Answer: An individual employee working for the contractor, a
person performing a home improvement job less than $200,
plumbers and electricians acting within their licensed craft,
architects and engineers acting exclusively within their scope.
⩥ Local Law 31 of 2020
Answer: Repealed the licensing requirement for Home
Improvement Salespersons, effective August 9, 2020.
⩥ DCWP
Answer: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
⩥ DOB
Answer: Department of Buildings.
⩥ DOT
,Answer: Department of Transportation.
⩥ Consumer Protection Law
Answer: A law that licensees must comply with, alongside all
relevant laws and rules.
⩥ Installation examples of home improvement
Answer: Includes installation of central heating/air conditioning,
central vacuum cleaning systems, storm windows, awnings, and
communication systems.
⩥ Home Improvement Salespersons
Answer: Individuals who solicit or negotiate contracts on behalf
of contractors, no longer licensed by DCWP as of August 9,
2020.
⩥ Home Improvement Contractor license
Answer: A license that must be posted by contractors.
⩥ Qualifying home improvement work
Answer: Work that requires a contractor's license and passing an
examination by DCWP.
, ⩥ Examination purpose
Answer: To test understanding of the law related to home
improvement.
⩥ Relevant laws and rules
Answer: Laws and rules that licensees must know and comply
with, accessible at nyc.gov/BusinessToolbox.
⩥ General Industry and Business Knowledge
Answer: One of the topics covered in the home improvement
examination.
⩥ Advertising and Selling Practices
Answer: Another topic covered in the home improvement
examination.
⩥ Contracts and Cancellations
Answer: One of the subjects tested in the home improvement
examination.
