NY Home Improvement Contractor Exam Study guide with complete and Verified Solutions | Latest 2025/2026 Update.

NY Home Improvement Contractor
Exam Study guide with complete
and Verified Solutions | Latest
2025/2026 Update.

Question:

Who is a "contractor"??
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Answer:
Anyone who owns, operates, maintains, conducts, controls, or transacts a
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home improvement business and undertakes or agrees to perform any
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home improvement.
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Question:
What legal entity is a contractor required to be??
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Answer:

A contractor may be an individual, a firm, a company, a partnership, or a
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corporation.




Question:

What is a H.I. contract??
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,Answer:
An agreement between a contractor and a consumer or tenant for
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Question:

What must a H.I. contract detail??
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Answer:

All labor, services, and materials to be furnished and performed.
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Question:
Who is a "salesperson"??
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Answer:

Someone who negotiates a H.I. contract with a consumer or tenant, or
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solicits a home improvement contract from an owner or tenant.
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Question:

Who must have a DCA license??
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Answer:
Any person who solicits, canvasses, sells, performs, or obtains a H.I.
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contract as a contractor or salesperson must have a DCA license.
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, Question:

Does an individual employee of a contractor, who does not solicit or
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negotiate contracts, need to be licensed??
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Answer:
No



Question:

What is "home improvement" (H.I.)? (C R R R R A A I)?
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Answer:

the construction, repair, remodeling, alteration, rehabilitation, renovation,
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improvement, or addition to any land or building used as a residence or
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Question:

What parts of a home can a H.I. include??
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Answer:

Any part of the home OR land (including basements, driveways, fences,
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garages, landscaping, patios, porches, sidewalks, swimming pools, and
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terraces.)




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