Suffolk County Home Improvement License EXAM
2026 with correct answers
1.The County Legislature hereby 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 the
occupations regulated by this chapter.: 563-1 Legislative Findings:
2.Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for hire.: -
563-2 Business
3.The Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer
Affairs.: 563-2 COMISSIONER or DIRECTOR
4.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
5.Those which are primarily for personal, household or family purposes.: 563-2
CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS
6.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 CONTRACT 7.
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.:
563-2 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
8. The Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs.: 563-2 DEPARTMENT or
OFFICE
9. The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement to perform a
contract.: 563-2 ENGAGES
10. A person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to the provisions of
the appropriate article of this chapter.: 563-2 LICENSEE
11. Includes the definition contained in § 37 of the General Construction Law of the
State of New York, as well as an individual, partnership or other entity.: 563-2 PERSON
12. 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 TEMPORARY LICENSE
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, 13. Any act or practice which unfairly takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability,
experience, or capacity of the consumer: 563-2 UNCONSCIONABLE TRADE PRACTICE 14.
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.: 563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED
15. A. Employees of any federal, state or local government, or any agencies thereof, or
of a state or local authority.
B. Employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks
corporation or telegraph and telephone corporation
C. Maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial,
institutional or other such establishment within the building or property: 563-4 EXEMPT
EMPLOYEES
16. All applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing on forms furnished by the
Office and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount set
forth in the appropriate article of this chapter.: 563-5 Application procedure;
information required; qualifications; issuance of license.
17. All licenses, except temporary licenses, shall be for a period of two years from the
date of issuance thereof at the discretion of the Office and shall expire on the last day of
the 24th month of such issuance. Subsequent renewals shall be for periods of two
years.: 563-6
Term of licenses; renewal; conditions; display required.
18. A duplicate license may be issued for a license which has been lost, destroyed or
mutilated, upon application therefor on a form prescribed by the Director and the
payment of a fee of $25. Each such duplicate license shall have the word "duplicate"
stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.:
563-7 Duplicate and supplementary licenses; fees
19 A contract entered into after one year after the effective date of the appropriate
article of this chapter by a person who engages in a business regulated by this chapter,
who on the date of the contract does not possess a valid license to engage in such
2026 with correct answers
1.The County Legislature hereby 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 the
occupations regulated by this chapter.: 563-1 Legislative Findings:
2.Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for hire.: -
563-2 Business
3.The Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer
Affairs.: 563-2 COMISSIONER or DIRECTOR
4.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
5.Those which are primarily for personal, household or family purposes.: 563-2
CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS
6.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 CONTRACT 7.
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.:
563-2 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
8. The Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs.: 563-2 DEPARTMENT or
OFFICE
9. The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement to perform a
contract.: 563-2 ENGAGES
10. A person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to the provisions of
the appropriate article of this chapter.: 563-2 LICENSEE
11. Includes the definition contained in § 37 of the General Construction Law of the
State of New York, as well as an individual, partnership or other entity.: 563-2 PERSON
12. 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 TEMPORARY LICENSE
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, 13. Any act or practice which unfairly takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability,
experience, or capacity of the consumer: 563-2 UNCONSCIONABLE TRADE PRACTICE 14.
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.: 563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED
15. A. Employees of any federal, state or local government, or any agencies thereof, or
of a state or local authority.
B. Employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks
corporation or telegraph and telephone corporation
C. Maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial,
institutional or other such establishment within the building or property: 563-4 EXEMPT
EMPLOYEES
16. All applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing on forms furnished by the
Office and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount set
forth in the appropriate article of this chapter.: 563-5 Application procedure;
information required; qualifications; issuance of license.
17. All licenses, except temporary licenses, shall be for a period of two years from the
date of issuance thereof at the discretion of the Office and shall expire on the last day of
the 24th month of such issuance. Subsequent renewals shall be for periods of two
years.: 563-6
Term of licenses; renewal; conditions; display required.
18. A duplicate license may be issued for a license which has been lost, destroyed or
mutilated, upon application therefor on a form prescribed by the Director and the
payment of a fee of $25. Each such duplicate license shall have the word "duplicate"
stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.:
563-7 Duplicate and supplementary licenses; fees
19 A contract entered into after one year after the effective date of the appropriate
article of this chapter by a person who engages in a business regulated by this chapter,
who on the date of the contract does not possess a valid license to engage in such
