MARYLAND HOME IMPROVEMENT EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
2025
Vehicles and MIHC - Where is the license number to be displayed? ---
correct answer ---both sides of all vehicles
What is the penalty for acting as a contractor or salesperson without a
license in MD? --- correct answer ---guilty individuals may be
incarcerated for 6 months and fined yup to $1000. For subsequent
convictions 2 years in jail and up to $5000 fine.
When was mold remediation act established? --- correct answer ---MD
Mold Remediation Act was established in 2008 to protect the public,
improve indoor air quality, and to promote professional standards.
What does the Mold remediation Act require? --- correct answer ---
Each company that provides mold remediation services must be
licensed, and each employee who provides the service must be
certified.
,What is mold? --- correct answer ---Mold means an organism of the
class fungi that causes disintegration of organic matter and produces
spores, as well as the spores, hyphae,, and mycotoxins that are
produced by mold.
What is mold remediation? --- correct answer ---Removal, cleaning,
sanitizing, demolition, or other treatment of mold or mod
contaminated matter that was not intended to be grown at that
location.
What is the insurance requirements for mold remediation? --- correct
answer ---GL in the amount of at leat $1,000,000
Is installing HVAC or AC system home improvement? --- correct
answer ---No
,Lists exceptions to HI License --- correct answer ---- Individual who
works for a contractor or suib who is paid by salary and is not a
salesperson
- A celrical employee, retail clerk, to a licensed contractor
- A solicitor for a contractor who calls an owner by phone only
- An architect, electriciam, plumber, HVAC contrator (who is
reuired by state to meet standards of competency in their profession)
- a licensed secuity system tecitian under Title 18 of the Business
Occupations Article
- A licensed Marine contracor under Title 17, Subtitle 3
The commission may issue a license to an applicant who has violated
8-601 if --- correct answer ---1 year has passed since the conviction
What is term of license --- correct answer ---unless a license is
renewed for a 2 year term as provided in this section, the license
expires:
- If the Sec staggers the term of the licenses, on the date that the
Secretary set
- If the Sec does not stagger the licenses, on the first June 30 that
comes after the effective date of the license in an odd number year
, How long does a licensee have to notify the Commission of change in
business ownership or control --- correct answer ---10 days
How many people in a Hearing Board --- correct answer ---3
Decision of Hearing Board --- correct answer ---Decision of the
Hearing Board shall be:
- by majority of votes
- in writing
- submitted to the Commission
Unless, within 15 days after the hearing board submitted its decision
to the Commission, the Commission or a member of the Commission
finds that a full hearing by the Commission is required: --- correct
answer ---- the decision of the Board is final
- The decision is a final decision of the Commission
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
2025
Vehicles and MIHC - Where is the license number to be displayed? ---
correct answer ---both sides of all vehicles
What is the penalty for acting as a contractor or salesperson without a
license in MD? --- correct answer ---guilty individuals may be
incarcerated for 6 months and fined yup to $1000. For subsequent
convictions 2 years in jail and up to $5000 fine.
When was mold remediation act established? --- correct answer ---MD
Mold Remediation Act was established in 2008 to protect the public,
improve indoor air quality, and to promote professional standards.
What does the Mold remediation Act require? --- correct answer ---
Each company that provides mold remediation services must be
licensed, and each employee who provides the service must be
certified.
,What is mold? --- correct answer ---Mold means an organism of the
class fungi that causes disintegration of organic matter and produces
spores, as well as the spores, hyphae,, and mycotoxins that are
produced by mold.
What is mold remediation? --- correct answer ---Removal, cleaning,
sanitizing, demolition, or other treatment of mold or mod
contaminated matter that was not intended to be grown at that
location.
What is the insurance requirements for mold remediation? --- correct
answer ---GL in the amount of at leat $1,000,000
Is installing HVAC or AC system home improvement? --- correct
answer ---No
,Lists exceptions to HI License --- correct answer ---- Individual who
works for a contractor or suib who is paid by salary and is not a
salesperson
- A celrical employee, retail clerk, to a licensed contractor
- A solicitor for a contractor who calls an owner by phone only
- An architect, electriciam, plumber, HVAC contrator (who is
reuired by state to meet standards of competency in their profession)
- a licensed secuity system tecitian under Title 18 of the Business
Occupations Article
- A licensed Marine contracor under Title 17, Subtitle 3
The commission may issue a license to an applicant who has violated
8-601 if --- correct answer ---1 year has passed since the conviction
What is term of license --- correct answer ---unless a license is
renewed for a 2 year term as provided in this section, the license
expires:
- If the Sec staggers the term of the licenses, on the date that the
Secretary set
- If the Sec does not stagger the licenses, on the first June 30 that
comes after the effective date of the license in an odd number year
, How long does a licensee have to notify the Commission of change in
business ownership or control --- correct answer ---10 days
How many people in a Hearing Board --- correct answer ---3
Decision of Hearing Board --- correct answer ---Decision of the
Hearing Board shall be:
- by majority of votes
- in writing
- submitted to the Commission
Unless, within 15 days after the hearing board submitted its decision
to the Commission, the Commission or a member of the Commission
finds that a full hearing by the Commission is required: --- correct
answer ---- the decision of the Board is final
- The decision is a final decision of the Commission
