FINAL CPSC STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS PASSED 100% NEWEST
VERSION
What does ASTM stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ American Society for Testing and
Materials
What does ADA stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Americans with Disabilities Act
What does CPSC stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Consumer Product Safety
Commission
What does NEISS Stand for?
What do they do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
Keep track of playground injuries
ASTM Standards Covered in Exam
F1487
F2223
F1292 - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1487 - Public Playground Use
2223 - Playground Surfacing
1292 - Impact Attenuation
What does IPEMA stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ International Playground Equipment
Manufacturers Association
Are there federal playground safety laws? - Correct Answer ✔✔ No
What is the only state to mandate inspections by CPSI? - Correct Answer ✔✔ California
The ADA
Prohibits discrimination on basis of __________ in public places - Correct Answer ✔✔
Disability
What is the difference between a risk and a hazard? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Children can
choose to take a risk
,Hazards are unknown to a child
Define Environment - Correct Answer ✔✔ All the surrounding things, conditions, and
influences affecting growth or development of living things
Play Environments develop children...
(PSCE) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Physically
Cognitively
Socially
Emotionally
What is the goal of a playground inspection? - Correct Answer ✔✔ To reduce life
threatening and debilitating injuries
What percent of playground injuries for each age group?
0-4:
5-9:
10-14:
15+: - Correct Answer ✔✔ 26
51
15
8
What percent of children between
0-9 injured on a playground need hospitalization? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 77%
Overhead reach of a 5th percentile 2-year-old - Correct Answer ✔✔ 35"
Overhead reach of a 50th percentile 5-year-old - Correct Answer ✔✔ 50"
Overhead reach of a 95th percentile 12-year-old - Correct Answer ✔✔ 78"
From 2009-2014, how many playground injuries were treated in an emergency room? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ 243,200
In 2015, how any children aged 0-12 were injured on a playground? - Correct Answer
✔✔ 50.5 million
What is the most common cause of playground injury? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Falls
What is the second most common cause of playground injury? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Impact with other kids and equipment
,What percent of injuries are miscellaneous? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 10%
What are miscellaneous injuries?
E
E
I
P
C
S - Correct Answer ✔✔ Entrapment
Entanglement
Impact
Protrusions
Crush
Shear
What is the most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Entanglement
What is the second most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Falls
What is the third most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Head and Neck Entrapment
What is the fourth most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Impact by tipped or loose equipment and moving swings
How many playground related deaths were there from 2009-2014 - Correct Answer ✔✔
34
What factors contribute to Playground Injuries? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Improper Use
Poor Supervision
Poor Maintenance
Site Planning Issues
Installation Errors
Inappropriate Design
What is the scope of ASTM F1487
Focuses on cause of ______ and _____ - Correct Answer ✔✔ Injury
Death
What is the purpose of ASTM F1487 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Reduce life-threatening and
debilitating injuries
, ASTM F1487 Range of Users
_ percentile 2-year-old
__ percentile 12-year old
Pre-School (_-_)
School Age (_-__) - Correct Answer ✔✔ 5th
95th
2-5
5-12
What ASTM Standard covers children aged 6-23 months? - Correct Answer ✔✔ ASTM
F2373
T/F: Compliance eliminates the need for supervision - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
T/F: Compliance guarantees zero injuries - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
ASTM F1487 is designed to mitigate hazards typically presented by types of _________
- Correct Answer ✔✔ Equipment
If new equipment doesn't fit a listed type of equipment, manufacturer and designer use
____________ ________ to perform and document hazard analysis - Correct Answer
✔✔ Professional Judgment
Does ASTM F1487 Include...
Residential Playground Equipment
Athletic Equipment
Contained (Indoor) Playground Equipment
Amusement Park Equipment
Toys
Fitness Equipment (13+) - Correct Answer ✔✔ No
When located outside equipment use zone, does ASTM F1487 include...
Benches
Tables
Independent Shade Structures
Litter Barrels
Drinking Fountains
Containment Borders - Correct Answer ✔✔ No
T/F: Professional Judgment must be based on knowledge, skill, or expertise in the
specific field of playground safety - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
QUESTIONS PASSED 100% NEWEST
VERSION
What does ASTM stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ American Society for Testing and
Materials
What does ADA stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Americans with Disabilities Act
What does CPSC stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Consumer Product Safety
Commission
What does NEISS Stand for?
What do they do? - Correct Answer ✔✔ National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
Keep track of playground injuries
ASTM Standards Covered in Exam
F1487
F2223
F1292 - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1487 - Public Playground Use
2223 - Playground Surfacing
1292 - Impact Attenuation
What does IPEMA stand for? - Correct Answer ✔✔ International Playground Equipment
Manufacturers Association
Are there federal playground safety laws? - Correct Answer ✔✔ No
What is the only state to mandate inspections by CPSI? - Correct Answer ✔✔ California
The ADA
Prohibits discrimination on basis of __________ in public places - Correct Answer ✔✔
Disability
What is the difference between a risk and a hazard? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Children can
choose to take a risk
,Hazards are unknown to a child
Define Environment - Correct Answer ✔✔ All the surrounding things, conditions, and
influences affecting growth or development of living things
Play Environments develop children...
(PSCE) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Physically
Cognitively
Socially
Emotionally
What is the goal of a playground inspection? - Correct Answer ✔✔ To reduce life
threatening and debilitating injuries
What percent of playground injuries for each age group?
0-4:
5-9:
10-14:
15+: - Correct Answer ✔✔ 26
51
15
8
What percent of children between
0-9 injured on a playground need hospitalization? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 77%
Overhead reach of a 5th percentile 2-year-old - Correct Answer ✔✔ 35"
Overhead reach of a 50th percentile 5-year-old - Correct Answer ✔✔ 50"
Overhead reach of a 95th percentile 12-year-old - Correct Answer ✔✔ 78"
From 2009-2014, how many playground injuries were treated in an emergency room? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ 243,200
In 2015, how any children aged 0-12 were injured on a playground? - Correct Answer
✔✔ 50.5 million
What is the most common cause of playground injury? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Falls
What is the second most common cause of playground injury? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Impact with other kids and equipment
,What percent of injuries are miscellaneous? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 10%
What are miscellaneous injuries?
E
E
I
P
C
S - Correct Answer ✔✔ Entrapment
Entanglement
Impact
Protrusions
Crush
Shear
What is the most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Entanglement
What is the second most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Falls
What is the third most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Head and Neck Entrapment
What is the fourth most common cause of playground deaths? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Impact by tipped or loose equipment and moving swings
How many playground related deaths were there from 2009-2014 - Correct Answer ✔✔
34
What factors contribute to Playground Injuries? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Improper Use
Poor Supervision
Poor Maintenance
Site Planning Issues
Installation Errors
Inappropriate Design
What is the scope of ASTM F1487
Focuses on cause of ______ and _____ - Correct Answer ✔✔ Injury
Death
What is the purpose of ASTM F1487 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Reduce life-threatening and
debilitating injuries
, ASTM F1487 Range of Users
_ percentile 2-year-old
__ percentile 12-year old
Pre-School (_-_)
School Age (_-__) - Correct Answer ✔✔ 5th
95th
2-5
5-12
What ASTM Standard covers children aged 6-23 months? - Correct Answer ✔✔ ASTM
F2373
T/F: Compliance eliminates the need for supervision - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
T/F: Compliance guarantees zero injuries - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
ASTM F1487 is designed to mitigate hazards typically presented by types of _________
- Correct Answer ✔✔ Equipment
If new equipment doesn't fit a listed type of equipment, manufacturer and designer use
____________ ________ to perform and document hazard analysis - Correct Answer
✔✔ Professional Judgment
Does ASTM F1487 Include...
Residential Playground Equipment
Athletic Equipment
Contained (Indoor) Playground Equipment
Amusement Park Equipment
Toys
Fitness Equipment (13+) - Correct Answer ✔✔ No
When located outside equipment use zone, does ASTM F1487 include...
Benches
Tables
Independent Shade Structures
Litter Barrels
Drinking Fountains
Containment Borders - Correct Answer ✔✔ No
T/F: Professional Judgment must be based on knowledge, skill, or expertise in the
specific field of playground safety - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
