SUFFOLK COUNTY LAW - HOME IMPROVEMENT LICENSE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
BUSINESS - (ANSWER)Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft, or any other calling for hire.
COMMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - (ANSWER)The Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and
Consumer Affairs.
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.
CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS - (ANSWER)Those which are primarily for personal,
household or family purposes.
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.
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - (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.
Representations regarding goods or services - (ANSWER)Goods or services have sponsorship, approval,
accessories, characteristics, uses, benefits, or quantities that they do not have.
Seller's false claims - (ANSWER)The seller has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection
that he/she does not have.
Misrepresentation of goods - (ANSWER)Goods are original or new if they are deteriorated, altered,
reconditioned, reclaimed, or secondhand.
,SUFFOLK COUNTY LAW - HOME IMPROVEMENT LICENSE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Quality misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Goods or services are of a particular standard, quality, grade, style,
or model, if they are of another.
Use of exaggeration - (ANSWER)The use, in any oral or written representation, of exaggeration, innuendo
or ambiguity as to a material fact.
Failure to state a material fact - (ANSWER)Failure to state a material fact if such failure deceived or tends
to deceive.
Disparaging - (ANSWER)Disparaging the goods, services, or business of another by false or misleading
representations of material facts.
Intent to Sell - (ANSWER)Offering goods or services without intent to sell them.
Public Demand Limitation - (ANSWER)Offering goods or services without intent to supply reasonably
expectable public demand unless the offer disclosed the limitation.
False Price Representations - (ANSWER)Making false or misleading representations of facts concerning
the reason for, existence of or amounts of price reductions, or the price in comparison to prices of
competitors or one's own price at a past or future time.
Consumer Rights Misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Falsely stating that a consumer transaction involves
consumer rights, remedies, or obligations.
Unneeded Services Misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Falsely stating that services, replacements, or repairs
are needed.
Sale Price Misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Falsely stating the reasons for offering or supplying goods or
services at sale or discount prices.
, SUFFOLK COUNTY LAW - HOME IMPROVEMENT LICENSE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Appointment Failure - (ANSWER)The failure by any person engaged in the delivery, pickup, inspection, or
repair of consumer goods and/or services in the home to keep an appointment to perform the delivery
of consumer goods and/or services on the day agreed upon with the consumer unless the consumer has
received written or verbal notice of delay or cancellation before the end of the preceding business day.
Department or Office - (ANSWER)The Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
Engages - (ANSWER)The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement to perform a
contract.
Licensee - (ANSWER)A person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to the provisions of
the appropriate article of this chapter.
Person - (ANSWER)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.
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.
What constitutes an unconscionable trade practice? - (ANSWER)Any act that unfairly takes advantage of
a consumer's lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or results in a gross disparity between value
received and price paid.
What types of disasters can lead to unconscionable trade practices? - (ANSWER)Natural disasters such as
hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, blizzards, explosions, airplane crashes, earthquakes, nuclear war, and
civil unrest.
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
BUSINESS - (ANSWER)Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft, or any other calling for hire.
COMMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - (ANSWER)The Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and
Consumer Affairs.
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.
CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS - (ANSWER)Those which are primarily for personal,
household or family purposes.
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.
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - (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.
Representations regarding goods or services - (ANSWER)Goods or services have sponsorship, approval,
accessories, characteristics, uses, benefits, or quantities that they do not have.
Seller's false claims - (ANSWER)The seller has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection
that he/she does not have.
Misrepresentation of goods - (ANSWER)Goods are original or new if they are deteriorated, altered,
reconditioned, reclaimed, or secondhand.
,SUFFOLK COUNTY LAW - HOME IMPROVEMENT LICENSE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Quality misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Goods or services are of a particular standard, quality, grade, style,
or model, if they are of another.
Use of exaggeration - (ANSWER)The use, in any oral or written representation, of exaggeration, innuendo
or ambiguity as to a material fact.
Failure to state a material fact - (ANSWER)Failure to state a material fact if such failure deceived or tends
to deceive.
Disparaging - (ANSWER)Disparaging the goods, services, or business of another by false or misleading
representations of material facts.
Intent to Sell - (ANSWER)Offering goods or services without intent to sell them.
Public Demand Limitation - (ANSWER)Offering goods or services without intent to supply reasonably
expectable public demand unless the offer disclosed the limitation.
False Price Representations - (ANSWER)Making false or misleading representations of facts concerning
the reason for, existence of or amounts of price reductions, or the price in comparison to prices of
competitors or one's own price at a past or future time.
Consumer Rights Misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Falsely stating that a consumer transaction involves
consumer rights, remedies, or obligations.
Unneeded Services Misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Falsely stating that services, replacements, or repairs
are needed.
Sale Price Misrepresentation - (ANSWER)Falsely stating the reasons for offering or supplying goods or
services at sale or discount prices.
, SUFFOLK COUNTY LAW - HOME IMPROVEMENT LICENSE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Appointment Failure - (ANSWER)The failure by any person engaged in the delivery, pickup, inspection, or
repair of consumer goods and/or services in the home to keep an appointment to perform the delivery
of consumer goods and/or services on the day agreed upon with the consumer unless the consumer has
received written or verbal notice of delay or cancellation before the end of the preceding business day.
Department or Office - (ANSWER)The Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
Engages - (ANSWER)The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or agreement to perform a
contract.
Licensee - (ANSWER)A person permitted to engage in a business licensed pursuant to the provisions of
the appropriate article of this chapter.
Person - (ANSWER)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.
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.
What constitutes an unconscionable trade practice? - (ANSWER)Any act that unfairly takes advantage of
a consumer's lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or results in a gross disparity between value
received and price paid.
What types of disasters can lead to unconscionable trade practices? - (ANSWER)Natural disasters such as
hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, blizzards, explosions, airplane crashes, earthquakes, nuclear war, and
civil unrest.
