CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR
PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTORS
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What was the first equipment recommended to be removed for safety reasons? -
Answer-Giant Stride
When was the first edition of the CPSI manual made? - Answer-1981
F 1292 - Answer-Method to test impact Attenuation of safety surfacing
F 1951 - Answer-Method to test wheelchair accessibility on Safety Surfacing for
Playgrounds. 51 sana
F 2075 - Answer-Engineered wood fiber safety surfacing. 75 engineer
F 2223 - Answer-Guide for ASTM standards on Playground surfacing
F 2049 - Answer-Guide for fencing / barriers for playgrounds
f1918 - Answer-contained play systems ( 9 trapped)
F1148 - Answer-residential play equipment
Inspectors will be able to rank the hazard according to ? - Answer-the injury potential
What does a comprehensive program of playground safety include? - Answer--Audits -
Inspections -Maintenance
What is anthropometrics? - Answer-study of the measurement of the human body
What is the percent of injuries caused by falls on playgrounds? - Answer-79%
11% of falls of caused by? - Answer-impact
#1 cause of death? - Answer-entanglement (ropes, strings, clothing)
#3 cause of death - Answer-entrapment
#2 cause of death - Answer-falls onto hard underlying surfaces
, #4 cause of death - Answer-impact by tipped or loose equipment or moving swings
What is the most common cause of injury on public playgrounds? - Answer-Falls
What is the most common cause ofp layground fatalities? - Answer-Entanglement
What is the reference for the document when selecting a surfacing system to be
installed in a public playground? - Answer-F2223
What is a priority 1 Hazard? - Answer-A readily accessible hazard that would cause an
accident which would result in death, brain damage, loss of vision or speech or limb,
and organ destruction
Another word for probability: - Answer-likelihood
what year were animal swings ordered to be removed? - Answer-1995
The length of a chain for an overheard swinging ring must not exceed what length? -
Answer-7"
What must the overall length not exceed? - Answer-15"
true/ false: spiral slides greater than 360 degrees are recommended for preschool
users. - Answer-false
2-5 are visible from - Answer-5-12 area
place moving equipment where - Answer-on the edge of the playground
There must be no obstructions within how many inches above a disignated play surface
- Answer-84"
What about materials must be recorded? - Answer-the durability.
CCA - Answer-chromated copper arsenate
For lead contamination, equipment installed before what year should be checked? -
Answer-1978
Fasteners must - Answer-not be able to be removed without tools, and must be
corrosion resistant or have a corrosion-resisitant coating
Plastic materials shall be protected from ? - Answer-U/V light
1487 - Answer-5th percentile 2 year old to 95th percentile 12 year old
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