Certification Course for Playground Safety Inspectors Exam
Questions with Correct Answers 2023
What was the first equipment recommended to be removed for safety reasons? – Correct Answer Giant
Stride
When was the first edition of the CPSI manual made? – Correct Answer 1981
F 1292 – Correct Answer Method to test impact Attenuation of safety surfacing
F 1951 – Correct Answer Method to test wheelchair accessibility on Safety Surfacing for Playgrounds. 51
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F 2075 – Correct Answer Engineered wood fiber safety surfacing. 75 engineer
F 2223 – Correct Answer Guide for ASTM standards on Playground surfacing
F 2049 – Correct Answer Guide for fencing / barriers for playgrounds
f1918 – Correct Answer contained play systems ( 9 trapped)
F1148 – Correct Answer residential play equipment
Inspectors will be able to rank the hazard according to ? – Correct Answer the injury potential
What does a comprehensive program of playground safety include? – Correct Answer -Audits –
Inspections -Maintenance
What is anthropometrics? – Correct Answer study of the measurement of the human body

What is the percent of injuries caused by falls on playgrounds? – Correct Answer 79%
11% of falls of caused by? – Correct Answer impact

1 cause of death? – Correct Answer entanglement (ropes, strings, clothing)

3 cause of death – Correct Answer entrapment

2 cause of death – Correct Answer falls onto hard underlying surfaces

4 cause of death – Correct Answer impact by tipped or loose equipment or moving swings

What is the most common cause of injury on public playgrounds? – Correct Answer Falls
What is the most common cause ofp layground fatalities? – Correct Answer Entanglement
What is the reference for the document when selecting a surfacing system to be installed in a public
playground? – Correct Answer F2223
What is a priority 1 Hazard? – Correct 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: – Correct Answer likelihood
what year were animal swings ordered to be removed? – Correct Answer 1995
The length of a chain for an overheard swinging ring must not exceed what length? – Correct Answer 7″
What must the overall length not exceed? – Correct Answer 15″

true/ false: spiral slides greater than 360 degrees are recommended for preschool users. – Correct
Answer false
2-5 are visible from – Correct Answer 5-12 area
place moving equipment where – Correct Answer on the edge of the playground
There must be no obstructions within how many inches above a disignated play surface – Correct
Answer 84″
What about materials must be recorded? – Correct Answer the durability.
CCA – Correct Answer chromated copper arsenate
For lead contamination, equipment installed before what year should be checked? – Correct Answer
1978
Fasteners must – Correct 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 ? – Correct Answer U/V light
1487 – Correct Answer 5th percentile 2 year old to 95th percentile 12 year old
3 1/2 inches to 9 inches – Correct Answer 89 mm to 229 mm
Especially check equipment installed before 1991 – Correct Answer for head entrapment