SUFFOLK COUNTY HOME IMPROVEMENT
LICENSE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
563-1 - CORRECT ANSWER -Legislative Findings
563-1 Legislative Findings - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other
calling for hire
563-2 Commissioner or Director - CORRECT ANSWER -The Commissioner of the Department of
Consumer Affairs
563-2 Consumer - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Those which are
primarily for personal, household or family purposes.
563-2 Contract - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -The Department of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Engages - CORRECT ANSWER -The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or
agreement to perform a contract.
563-2 Licensee - CORRECT ANSWER -A person permitted to engage in a business licensed
pursuant to the provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter.
563-2 Person - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -License Required
563-3 License Required - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Exempt employees and operations
LICENSE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
563-1 - CORRECT ANSWER -Legislative Findings
563-1 Legislative Findings - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other
calling for hire
563-2 Commissioner or Director - CORRECT ANSWER -The Commissioner of the Department of
Consumer Affairs
563-2 Consumer - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Those which are
primarily for personal, household or family purposes.
563-2 Contract - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -The Department of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Engages - CORRECT ANSWER -The undertaking, offering to undertake, solicitation or
agreement to perform a contract.
563-2 Licensee - CORRECT ANSWER -A person permitted to engage in a business licensed
pursuant to the provisions of the appropriate article of this chapter.
563-2 Person - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -License Required
563-3 License Required - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Exempt employees and operations
