SUFFOLK COUNTY HOME IMPROVEMENT
LICENSE EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
563-1 - ANSWER-Legislative Findings
563-1 Legislative Findings - ANSWER-The County Legislature finds and determines
that the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County
will be enhanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in
home improvement.
563-2 Business - ANSWER-Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any
other calling for hire
563-2 Commissioner or Director - ANSWER-The Commissioner of the Department
of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Consumer - 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.
563-2 Consumer goods, services, credit and debts - ANSWER-Those which are
primarily for personal, household or family purposes.
, 563-2 Contract - ANSWER-An oral or written agreement contained in one or more
documents for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and
services.
563-2 Deceptive Trade Practices - ANSWER-Any false, falsely disparaging or
misleading oral or written statement, visual description, 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.
563-2 Department or Office - ANSWER-The Department of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Engages - ANSWER-The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or
agreement to perform a contract.
563-2 Licensee - ANSWER-A person permitted to engage in a business licensed
pursuant to the provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter.
563-2 Person - ANSWER-Includes the definition contained in section 37 of the
General Construction Law of the State of New York, as well as an individual,
partnership or other entity.
563-2 Temporary License - ANSWER-A license issued 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.
563-2 Unconscionable Trade Practice - ANSWER-Any act or practice which unfairly
takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or capacity of the
LICENSE EXAM QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST 2025
563-1 - ANSWER-Legislative Findings
563-1 Legislative Findings - ANSWER-The County Legislature finds and determines
that the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County
will be enhanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in
home improvement.
563-2 Business - ANSWER-Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any
other calling for hire
563-2 Commissioner or Director - ANSWER-The Commissioner of the Department
of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Consumer - 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.
563-2 Consumer goods, services, credit and debts - ANSWER-Those which are
primarily for personal, household or family purposes.
, 563-2 Contract - ANSWER-An oral or written agreement contained in one or more
documents for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and
services.
563-2 Deceptive Trade Practices - ANSWER-Any false, falsely disparaging or
misleading oral or written statement, visual description, 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.
563-2 Department or Office - ANSWER-The Department of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Engages - ANSWER-The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or
agreement to perform a contract.
563-2 Licensee - ANSWER-A person permitted to engage in a business licensed
pursuant to the provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter.
563-2 Person - ANSWER-Includes the definition contained in section 37 of the
General Construction Law of the State of New York, as well as an individual,
partnership or other entity.
563-2 Temporary License - ANSWER-A license issued 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.
563-2 Unconscionable Trade Practice - ANSWER-Any act or practice which unfairly
takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or capacity of the
