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Suffolk County Home Improvement Contractor (HIC)
Licensing Exam||Verified Exam!!||, Suffolk County
Department of Consumer Affairs, 2026/2027 – 50-
Question Practice Exam with Verified
Answers||Newest Exam!!
BUSINESS - Answer-Includes occupation, profession,
trade, craft, or any other calling for hire.
COMMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - Answer-The
Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and
Consumer Affairs.
CONSUMER - 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.
CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS
- Answer-Those which are primarily for personal,
household or family purposes.
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CONTRACT - Answer-An oral or written agreement
contained in one or more documents for the performance
of work and includes all labor, goods and services.
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Answer-Any false,
falsely disparaging or misleading oral or written statement,
visual description, or other representation of any kind,
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.
Representations regarding goods or services - Answer-
Goods or services have sponsorship, approval,
accessories, characteristics, uses, benefits, or quantities
that they do not have.
Seller's false claims - Answer-The seller has a
sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that
he/she does not have.
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Misrepresentation of goods - Answer-Goods are original or
new if they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned,
reclaimed, or secondhand.
Quality misrepresentation - Answer-Goods or services are
of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model, if
they are of another.
Use of exaggeration - Answer-The use, in any oral or
written representation, of exaggeration, innuendo or
ambiguity as to a material fact.
Failure to state a material fact - Answer-Failure to state a
material fact if such failure deceived or tends to deceive.
Disparaging - Answer-Disparaging the goods, services, or
business of another by false or misleading representations
of material facts.
Intent to Sell - Answer-Offering goods or services without
intent to sell them.
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Public Demand Limitation - Answer-Offering goods or
services without intent to supply reasonably expectable
public demand unless the offer disclosed the limitation.
False Price Representations - Answer-Making false or
misleading representations of facts concerning the reason
for, existence of or amounts of price reductions, or the
price in comparison to prices of competitors or one's own
price at a past or future time.
Consumer Rights Misrepresentation - Answer-Falsely
stating that a consumer transaction involves consumer
rights, remedies, or obligations.
Unneeded Services Misrepresentation - Answer-Falsely
stating that services, replacements, or repairs are needed.
Sale Price Misrepresentation - Answer-Falsely stating the
reasons for offering or supplying goods or services at sale
or discount prices.
Appointment Failure - Answer-The failure by any person
engaged in the delivery, pickup, inspection, or repair of
Suffolk County Home Improvement Contractor (HIC)
Licensing Exam||Verified Exam!!||, Suffolk County
Department of Consumer Affairs, 2026/2027 – 50-
Question Practice Exam with Verified
Answers||Newest Exam!!
BUSINESS - Answer-Includes occupation, profession,
trade, craft, or any other calling for hire.
COMMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - Answer-The
Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Licensing and
Consumer Affairs.
CONSUMER - 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.
CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS
- Answer-Those which are primarily for personal,
household or family purposes.
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CONTRACT - Answer-An oral or written agreement
contained in one or more documents for the performance
of work and includes all labor, goods and services.
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Answer-Any false,
falsely disparaging or misleading oral or written statement,
visual description, or other representation of any kind,
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.
Representations regarding goods or services - Answer-
Goods or services have sponsorship, approval,
accessories, characteristics, uses, benefits, or quantities
that they do not have.
Seller's false claims - Answer-The seller has a
sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that
he/she does not have.
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Misrepresentation of goods - Answer-Goods are original or
new if they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned,
reclaimed, or secondhand.
Quality misrepresentation - Answer-Goods or services are
of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, or model, if
they are of another.
Use of exaggeration - Answer-The use, in any oral or
written representation, of exaggeration, innuendo or
ambiguity as to a material fact.
Failure to state a material fact - Answer-Failure to state a
material fact if such failure deceived or tends to deceive.
Disparaging - Answer-Disparaging the goods, services, or
business of another by false or misleading representations
of material facts.
Intent to Sell - Answer-Offering goods or services without
intent to sell them.
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Public Demand Limitation - Answer-Offering goods or
services without intent to supply reasonably expectable
public demand unless the offer disclosed the limitation.
False Price Representations - Answer-Making false or
misleading representations of facts concerning the reason
for, existence of or amounts of price reductions, or the
price in comparison to prices of competitors or one's own
price at a past or future time.
Consumer Rights Misrepresentation - Answer-Falsely
stating that a consumer transaction involves consumer
rights, remedies, or obligations.
Unneeded Services Misrepresentation - Answer-Falsely
stating that services, replacements, or repairs are needed.
Sale Price Misrepresentation - Answer-Falsely stating the
reasons for offering or supplying goods or services at sale
or discount prices.
Appointment Failure - Answer-The failure by any person
engaged in the delivery, pickup, inspection, or repair of
