NY Home Improvement Contractor Exam Q-
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Grade A
Topics Covered
building codes, construction techniques, safety,
project management, and legal considerations like
contracts and liens.
500 Comprehensive Q&A
Quiz_________________?
Home improvement -
Answer
The construction, repair, replacement, remodeling, alteration, conversion,
rehabilitation, renovation, modernization, improvement, or addition to any land
or building or any part of the land or building used or designed to be used as a
residence or dwelling place.
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What is not 'home improvement'? -
Answer
Examples include: construction of a new home or building; the sale of goods or
materials where the seller neither arranges nor participates in the installation or
application; work performed on a residence owned or controlled by the state or
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,municipality; painting or decoration when no other home improvement services
are provided.
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Contractor -
Answer
Anyone who owns, operates, maintains, conducts, controls, or transacts a home
improvement business, or solicits a home improvement contract.
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Home improvement contract -
Answer
An agreement between a contractor and an owner or tenant for performance of
a home improvement, including all labor, services, and materials to be furnished
and performed.
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Who must have a DCWP license? -
Answer
Any person who solicits, canvasses, sells, performs, or obtains a home
improvement contract as a contractor.
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Who does not require a DCWP license? -
Answer
2
,An individual employee working for the contractor, a person performing a home
improvement job less than $200, plumbers and electricians acting within their
licensed craft, architects and engineers acting exclusively within their scope.
Quiz_________________?
Local Law 31 of 2020 -
Answer
Repealed the licensing requirement for Home Improvement Salespersons,
effective August 9, 2020.
Quiz_________________?
DCWP -
Answer
Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Quiz_________________?
DOB -
Answer
Department of Buildings.
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DOT -
Answer
Department of Transportation.
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Consumer Protection Law -
Answer
A law that licensees must comply with, alongside all relevant laws and rules.
Quiz_________________?
Installation examples of home improvement -
Answer
Includes installation of central heating/air conditioning, central vacuum cleaning
systems, storm windows, awnings, and communication systems.
Quiz_________________?
Home Improvement Salespersons -
Answer
Individuals who solicit or negotiate contracts on behalf of contractors, no longer
licensed by DCWP as of August 9, 2020.
Quiz_________________?
Home Improvement Contractor license -
Answer
A license that must be posted by contractors.
Quiz_________________?
Qualifying home improvement work -
Answer
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Bank |100% Certified Questions & Answers |
Grade A
Topics Covered
building codes, construction techniques, safety,
project management, and legal considerations like
contracts and liens.
500 Comprehensive Q&A
Quiz_________________?
Home improvement -
Answer
The construction, repair, replacement, remodeling, alteration, conversion,
rehabilitation, renovation, modernization, improvement, or addition to any land
or building or any part of the land or building used or designed to be used as a
residence or dwelling place.
Quiz_________________?
What is not 'home improvement'? -
Answer
Examples include: construction of a new home or building; the sale of goods or
materials where the seller neither arranges nor participates in the installation or
application; work performed on a residence owned or controlled by the state or
1
,municipality; painting or decoration when no other home improvement services
are provided.
Quiz_________________?
Contractor -
Answer
Anyone who owns, operates, maintains, conducts, controls, or transacts a home
improvement business, or solicits a home improvement contract.
Quiz_________________?
Home improvement contract -
Answer
An agreement between a contractor and an owner or tenant for performance of
a home improvement, including all labor, services, and materials to be furnished
and performed.
Quiz_________________?
Who must have a DCWP license? -
Answer
Any person who solicits, canvasses, sells, performs, or obtains a home
improvement contract as a contractor.
Quiz_________________?
Who does not require a DCWP license? -
Answer
2
,An individual employee working for the contractor, a person performing a home
improvement job less than $200, plumbers and electricians acting within their
licensed craft, architects and engineers acting exclusively within their scope.
Quiz_________________?
Local Law 31 of 2020 -
Answer
Repealed the licensing requirement for Home Improvement Salespersons,
effective August 9, 2020.
Quiz_________________?
DCWP -
Answer
Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Quiz_________________?
DOB -
Answer
Department of Buildings.
Quiz_________________?
DOT -
Answer
Department of Transportation.
3
, Quiz_________________?
Consumer Protection Law -
Answer
A law that licensees must comply with, alongside all relevant laws and rules.
Quiz_________________?
Installation examples of home improvement -
Answer
Includes installation of central heating/air conditioning, central vacuum cleaning
systems, storm windows, awnings, and communication systems.
Quiz_________________?
Home Improvement Salespersons -
Answer
Individuals who solicit or negotiate contracts on behalf of contractors, no longer
licensed by DCWP as of August 9, 2020.
Quiz_________________?
Home Improvement Contractor license -
Answer
A license that must be posted by contractors.
Quiz_________________?
Qualifying home improvement work -
Answer
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