NYC Home Improvement Exam with Complete Solutions Graded A+ DOB - Correct Answer Department of Buildings DCA - Correct Answer Department of Consumer Affairs DOT - Correct Answer Department of Transportation What is home improvement? - Correct Answer The construction,repair, replacement, remodleing, alteration, comversion, 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, including basements, driveways, fences, garages, landscaping, patios, porches, sidewalks, swimming pools, and terraces.What does home improvement include? - Correct Answer -Central heating/air conditioning
- Central vacuum cleaning system
- Sale of goods or materials in connection with the installation of or application of
- Painting or decoration of a building, residence, home, or apartment, when not
-Storm windows -Awnings -Communication systems What is NOT home improvement? - Correct Answer -Construction of a new home or building
goods or materials -Work performed on a residence owned or controlled by the state or municipality
related to home improvement work Who is a "salesperson"? - Correct Answer A salesperson is someone who negotiates a home improvement contract with a consumer or tenant, or solicits a home improvement contract from an owner or tenant. 1 / 2
Who is a contractor? - Correct Answer A contractor is anyone who owns, operates, maintains, conducts, controls, or transacts a home improvement business and undertakes or agrees to perform any home improvement, whether or not the contractor is a prime contractor or subcontractor with respect to the owner.What is a home improvement contract? - Correct Answer A "home improvement contract" is an agreement, whether or not in writing, between a contractor and a consumer or tenant for performance of a home improvement and includes all labor, services, and materials to be furnished and performed.Who must have a DCA license? - Correct Answer Any person who solicits, canvasses, sells, performs, or obtains a home improvement contract as a contractor or salesperson must have a DCA license.Where must I post my HIC license? - Correct Answer You must post your license in your office where all consumers can see it or show it to consumers upon request.Within how many days must you notify DCA of any change? - Correct Answer Within 10 days.How does a person Obtain a license or renew a license? - Correct Answer You must submit an application to DCA for a new or renewed license a separate home-improvement contractor license is required for each place of business.Must a contractor furnish a consumer with a written estimate? - Correct Answer Yes if the consumer request one you can charge a fee for the estimate but you must disclose the fee to the consumer before you provide the estimate and you must include an itemize the fee in the total estimated contract price What are the penalties for false or fraudulent representation? - Correct Answer A contractor or sales person who lies is a subject to fines of up to 500 dollars for each separate misrepresentation in addition a contract entered into after misrepresentation are made may be declared Noll and void and a contractor may be ordered to pay restitution to the consumer What are the penalties for operating a home improvement business without a license? - Correct Answer Any person who owns or operates at home improvement business without a license or after a license is suspended or revoked is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted criminally and subject to up to six months imprisonment or $1000 in fines
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