Suffolk County Home Improvement
License Final Exam And Answers
Graded A+.
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
, 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 consumer or which
results in a gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price paid by the
consumer.
563-3 - Answer License Required
563-3 License Required - Answer It is unlawful for any person, other than exempt employees,
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.
563-4 - Answer Exempt employees and operations
563-4 Exempt employees and operations - Answer 1. employees of any federal, state or local
government.
2. employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks corporation or
telegraph and telephone corporation, provided that they are working on behalf of the
corporation.
3. maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial, institutional or other
such establishment within the building or property limits of the employer.
563-5 - Answer Application procedure: information required; qualifications; issuance of
license.
563-5 Application procedure: information required; qualifications; issuance of license. - Answer
all applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing on forms furnished by the Office and
shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee. License application shall be filed by
an actual owner or partner of a business and shall be signed under oath. Applications shall
include the residence address of applicant. Office shall issue a license or temporary license to
License Final Exam And Answers
Graded A+.
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
, 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 consumer or which
results in a gross disparity between the value received by a consumer and the price paid by the
consumer.
563-3 - Answer License Required
563-3 License Required - Answer It is unlawful for any person, other than exempt employees,
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.
563-4 - Answer Exempt employees and operations
563-4 Exempt employees and operations - Answer 1. employees of any federal, state or local
government.
2. employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks corporation or
telegraph and telephone corporation, provided that they are working on behalf of the
corporation.
3. maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial, institutional or other
such establishment within the building or property limits of the employer.
563-5 - Answer Application procedure: information required; qualifications; issuance of
license.
563-5 Application procedure: information required; qualifications; issuance of license. - Answer
all applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing on forms furnished by the Office and
shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee. License application shall be filed by
an actual owner or partner of a business and shall be signed under oath. Applications shall
include the residence address of applicant. Office shall issue a license or temporary license to
