CPSI Latest Examination | Certified Playground Safety
Inspector Ultimate Preparation Resource 2026/2027
Questions and Answers (Verified) |
• When was the first edition of the CPSI manual made? -✓✓1981
• F 1292 -✓✓Method to test impact Attenuation of safety surfacing
• F 1951 -✓✓Method to test wheelchair accessibility on Safety Surfacing for
Playgrounds. 51 sana
• F 2075 -✓✓Engineered wood fiber safety surfacing. 75 engineer
• F 2223 -✓✓Guide for ASTM standards on Playground surfacing
• F 2049 -✓✓Guide for fencing / barriers for playgrounds
• f1918 -✓✓contained play systems ( 9 trapped)
• F1148 -✓✓residential play equipment
• Inspectors will be able to rank the hazard according to ? -✓✓the injury potential
• What does a comprehensive program of playground safety include? -✓✓-Audits
-Inspections -Maintenance
• What is anthropometrics? -✓✓study of the measurement of the human body
• What is the percent of injuries caused by falls on playgrounds? -✓✓79%
• 11% of falls of caused by? -✓✓impact
• #1 cause of death? -✓✓entanglement (ropes, strings, clothing)
,• #3 cause of death -✓✓entrapment
• #2 cause of death -✓✓falls onto hard underlying surfaces
• #4 cause of death -✓✓impact by tipped or loose equipment or moving swings
• What is the most common cause of injury on public playgrounds? -✓✓Falls
• What is the most common cause ofp layground fatalities? -✓✓Entanglement
• What is the reference for the document when selecting a surfacing system to be
installed in a public playground? -✓✓F2223
• What is a priority 1 Hazard? -✓✓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: -✓✓likelihood
• what year were animal swings ordered to be removed? -✓✓1995
• The length of a chain for an overheard swinging ring must not exceed what
length? -✓✓7"
• What must the overall length not exceed? -✓✓15"
• true/ false: spiral slides greater than 360 degrees are recommended for
preschool users. -✓✓false
• 2-5 are visible from -✓✓5-12 area
• place moving equipment where -✓✓on the edge of the playground
• There must be no obstructions within how many inches above a disignated play
surface -✓✓84"
, • What about materials must be recorded? -✓✓the durability.
• CCA -✓✓chromated copper arsenate
• For lead contamination, equipment installed before what year should be
checked? -✓✓1978
• Fasteners must -✓✓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 ? -✓✓U/V light
• 1487 -✓✓5th percentile 2 year old to 95th percentile 12 year old
• 3 1/2 inches to 9 inches -✓✓89 mm to 229 mm
• Especially check equipment installed before 1991 -✓✓for head entrapment
• If torso probe goes in, but head template does not, -✓✓opening is considered a
head entrapment hazard
• 4 inches -✓✓102 mm
• how much must each probe be inserted? -✓✓4 inches
• Another name for a wedge -✓✓a fish probe
• If the A portion goes in without touching either side and getting to the bottom -
✓✓then is is compliant and needs no further testing
• If A portion touches both sides before bottom, -✓✓B portion is needed. If B
portion goes lower than where a touched, it is a head entrapment. If b portion
does not go in, no neck entrapment hazard is present
• Projections that have the potential to injure users are identified by ASTM as -
✓✓Protrusions
Inspector Ultimate Preparation Resource 2026/2027
Questions and Answers (Verified) |
• When was the first edition of the CPSI manual made? -✓✓1981
• F 1292 -✓✓Method to test impact Attenuation of safety surfacing
• F 1951 -✓✓Method to test wheelchair accessibility on Safety Surfacing for
Playgrounds. 51 sana
• F 2075 -✓✓Engineered wood fiber safety surfacing. 75 engineer
• F 2223 -✓✓Guide for ASTM standards on Playground surfacing
• F 2049 -✓✓Guide for fencing / barriers for playgrounds
• f1918 -✓✓contained play systems ( 9 trapped)
• F1148 -✓✓residential play equipment
• Inspectors will be able to rank the hazard according to ? -✓✓the injury potential
• What does a comprehensive program of playground safety include? -✓✓-Audits
-Inspections -Maintenance
• What is anthropometrics? -✓✓study of the measurement of the human body
• What is the percent of injuries caused by falls on playgrounds? -✓✓79%
• 11% of falls of caused by? -✓✓impact
• #1 cause of death? -✓✓entanglement (ropes, strings, clothing)
,• #3 cause of death -✓✓entrapment
• #2 cause of death -✓✓falls onto hard underlying surfaces
• #4 cause of death -✓✓impact by tipped or loose equipment or moving swings
• What is the most common cause of injury on public playgrounds? -✓✓Falls
• What is the most common cause ofp layground fatalities? -✓✓Entanglement
• What is the reference for the document when selecting a surfacing system to be
installed in a public playground? -✓✓F2223
• What is a priority 1 Hazard? -✓✓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: -✓✓likelihood
• what year were animal swings ordered to be removed? -✓✓1995
• The length of a chain for an overheard swinging ring must not exceed what
length? -✓✓7"
• What must the overall length not exceed? -✓✓15"
• true/ false: spiral slides greater than 360 degrees are recommended for
preschool users. -✓✓false
• 2-5 are visible from -✓✓5-12 area
• place moving equipment where -✓✓on the edge of the playground
• There must be no obstructions within how many inches above a disignated play
surface -✓✓84"
, • What about materials must be recorded? -✓✓the durability.
• CCA -✓✓chromated copper arsenate
• For lead contamination, equipment installed before what year should be
checked? -✓✓1978
• Fasteners must -✓✓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 ? -✓✓U/V light
• 1487 -✓✓5th percentile 2 year old to 95th percentile 12 year old
• 3 1/2 inches to 9 inches -✓✓89 mm to 229 mm
• Especially check equipment installed before 1991 -✓✓for head entrapment
• If torso probe goes in, but head template does not, -✓✓opening is considered a
head entrapment hazard
• 4 inches -✓✓102 mm
• how much must each probe be inserted? -✓✓4 inches
• Another name for a wedge -✓✓a fish probe
• If the A portion goes in without touching either side and getting to the bottom -
✓✓then is is compliant and needs no further testing
• If A portion touches both sides before bottom, -✓✓B portion is needed. If B
portion goes lower than where a touched, it is a head entrapment. If b portion
does not go in, no neck entrapment hazard is present
• Projections that have the potential to injure users are identified by ASTM as -
✓✓Protrusions
