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CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Business - CORRECT ANSWER -Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling
for hire
563-1 Legislative Findings - CORRECT ANSWER -The county. legislature hereby finds and
determines the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be
enyanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations regulated
by this chapter
commissioner or director - CORRECT ANSWER -The Commissioner of the Department of
Consumer Affairs
Consumer - CORRECT ANSWER -an individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease
consumer goods or services or credit including a co guarantor or surety
consumer goods, services, credits and debts - CORRECT ANSWER -Those which are primarily for
personal, household or family purposes
contract - CORRECT ANSWER -an oral or written agreement contained one or more documents
for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services
Deceptive trade practices - CORRECT ANSWER -any false, falsely disparaging or misleading oral
or written statement, visual description or other representation of any kind which has the
capacity, tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading consumers or the consuming public and
is made in connection with a. contract, preparation of or performance of a work estimate or
invoice, in the extension of consumer credit or in the collection of consumer debts.
Department or Office - CORRECT ANSWER -The department of consumer affairs
, engages - CORRECT ANSWER -the undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement
to perform a contract
licensee - CORRECT ANSWER -a person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to
the provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter
person - CORRECT ANSWER -includes the defiition contained in 37 of the general construction
law of the state of new york as well as an individual partnership or other entity
temporary license - CORRECT ANSWER -a license issue to a person for a period of time to
perform work in accordance with the conditions as specified by the director provided that the
holder thereof pays the required license fee
unconscionable trade practice - CORRECT ANSWER -any act or practice which unfairly takes
advantage of the lack of knowledge ability experience or capacity of the consumer or which
results in a gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price paid by the
consumer. This shall include acts or practices which unfairly take advantage of sudden disaster
such as hurricanes tornadoes flooding blizzards explosions airplan ecrashes earthquakes nuclear
war radiological emergencies war civil unrest or disobedience or acts of god and comparable
acts whichh result in gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price
ordinarily paid by the consumer in hte absence of one of these above occurences. The
existences of such a disaster shall be established for the purposes of this chapter by a written
declaration by either the county executive or a majority of the entire membership of the county
legislature. the director shall initiate investigation of such unconscionable trade practices
immediately after any one of the natural disasters or other acts of god described above
563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED - CORRECT ANSWER -a. it is unlawful for any person other than those
exempt under the provisions of 563-4 to engage in any business in the county regulated by this
chapter without obtaining a license therefor from the office in accordance with and subject to
the provisions of this chapter
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Business - CORRECT ANSWER -Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling
for hire
563-1 Legislative Findings - CORRECT ANSWER -The county. legislature hereby finds and
determines the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be
enyanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations regulated
by this chapter
commissioner or director - CORRECT ANSWER -The Commissioner of the Department of
Consumer Affairs
Consumer - CORRECT ANSWER -an individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease
consumer goods or services or credit including a co guarantor or surety
consumer goods, services, credits and debts - CORRECT ANSWER -Those which are primarily for
personal, household or family purposes
contract - CORRECT ANSWER -an oral or written agreement contained one or more documents
for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services
Deceptive trade practices - CORRECT ANSWER -any false, falsely disparaging or misleading oral
or written statement, visual description or other representation of any kind which has the
capacity, tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading consumers or the consuming public and
is made in connection with a. contract, preparation of or performance of a work estimate or
invoice, in the extension of consumer credit or in the collection of consumer debts.
Department or Office - CORRECT ANSWER -The department of consumer affairs
, engages - CORRECT ANSWER -the undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement
to perform a contract
licensee - CORRECT ANSWER -a person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to
the provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter
person - CORRECT ANSWER -includes the defiition contained in 37 of the general construction
law of the state of new york as well as an individual partnership or other entity
temporary license - CORRECT ANSWER -a license issue to a person for a period of time to
perform work in accordance with the conditions as specified by the director provided that the
holder thereof pays the required license fee
unconscionable trade practice - CORRECT ANSWER -any act or practice which unfairly takes
advantage of the lack of knowledge ability experience or capacity of the consumer or which
results in a gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price paid by the
consumer. This shall include acts or practices which unfairly take advantage of sudden disaster
such as hurricanes tornadoes flooding blizzards explosions airplan ecrashes earthquakes nuclear
war radiological emergencies war civil unrest or disobedience or acts of god and comparable
acts whichh result in gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price
ordinarily paid by the consumer in hte absence of one of these above occurences. The
existences of such a disaster shall be established for the purposes of this chapter by a written
declaration by either the county executive or a majority of the entire membership of the county
legislature. the director shall initiate investigation of such unconscionable trade practices
immediately after any one of the natural disasters or other acts of god described above
563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED - CORRECT ANSWER -a. it is unlawful for any person other than those
exempt under the provisions of 563-4 to engage in any business in the county regulated by this
chapter without obtaining a license therefor from the office in accordance with and subject to
the provisions of this chapter
