CPSI Latest Examination | Certified Playground
Safety Inspector Mastery Preparation Pack
Questions and Answers (Verified Solutions) | A+ |
100% Correct Questions and Answers
• Why are entrances important? -✓✓They are social spaces and information
nodes for the child and parents
• What is the recommended pitch for a pathway? -✓✓1:20 or 20%
• What are enclosures used for? -✓✓They are a primary means of differentiating
and articulating the child's enviornment.
• Enclosures must be a minimum ___ and preferably ___. -✓✓36, 48
• What does CPSC stand for? -✓✓Consumer Product Safety Commission
• What does NEISS stand for? -✓✓National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
• What does ASTM stand for? -✓✓American Society for Testing and Materials
• What is the number one cause of injury on a playground? -✓✓Falls
• What is the number one cause of strangulation and death on a playground? -
✓✓Entanglement
• What does ADA stand for? -✓✓Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• What does ADA specifically require? -✓✓That the playgrounds be readily
accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities
• what should never be compromised for accessibility? -✓✓safety - safety for all
• The accessabile route to the playgound must be at least what width? -✓✓5 feet
for two wheel chairs
, • What is the age appropriate platform height? -✓✓14 to 18 inches
• What are the dimensions of a transfer platform? -✓✓24 inches wide and 14
inches deep
• All ramps should be how wide and what pitch -✓✓at least 36 inches wide and
no more than a 1.12 pitch
• Steps have a maximum height of? -✓✓8 inches
• Steps have a maximum depth and width of? -✓✓14 deep and 24 inches wide
• Deck should be at least what in diameter? -✓✓5 feet
• What is the first step of implementing an agency wide inspection program -✓✓a
full audit
• What does a playground safety audit do? -✓✓usually only conducted once to
identify agency correctable hazards, design flaws, manufacturer deficiencies,
installation problems, and to develop an agency's public playground replacement
plan
• What is a low frequency inspection? -✓✓these are conducted on schedule
intervals, a pre-determined cycle, ranging from biweekly to seasonally
• What is a high frequency inspection? -✓✓these are conducted on schedule
intervals, a pre-determined cycle, ranging from biweekly to seasonally
• Immediate repair of a common problem is? -✓✓the crews responsibility for
conducting high frequency inspection and should be repaired and noted during
inspection.
• Protrusions and projections on playground range from? -✓✓Poorly designed
play components and exposed bolt ends
• Entanglements are the majority of what on playgrounds? -✓✓deaths
Safety Inspector Mastery Preparation Pack
Questions and Answers (Verified Solutions) | A+ |
100% Correct Questions and Answers
• Why are entrances important? -✓✓They are social spaces and information
nodes for the child and parents
• What is the recommended pitch for a pathway? -✓✓1:20 or 20%
• What are enclosures used for? -✓✓They are a primary means of differentiating
and articulating the child's enviornment.
• Enclosures must be a minimum ___ and preferably ___. -✓✓36, 48
• What does CPSC stand for? -✓✓Consumer Product Safety Commission
• What does NEISS stand for? -✓✓National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
• What does ASTM stand for? -✓✓American Society for Testing and Materials
• What is the number one cause of injury on a playground? -✓✓Falls
• What is the number one cause of strangulation and death on a playground? -
✓✓Entanglement
• What does ADA stand for? -✓✓Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• What does ADA specifically require? -✓✓That the playgrounds be readily
accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities
• what should never be compromised for accessibility? -✓✓safety - safety for all
• The accessabile route to the playgound must be at least what width? -✓✓5 feet
for two wheel chairs
, • What is the age appropriate platform height? -✓✓14 to 18 inches
• What are the dimensions of a transfer platform? -✓✓24 inches wide and 14
inches deep
• All ramps should be how wide and what pitch -✓✓at least 36 inches wide and
no more than a 1.12 pitch
• Steps have a maximum height of? -✓✓8 inches
• Steps have a maximum depth and width of? -✓✓14 deep and 24 inches wide
• Deck should be at least what in diameter? -✓✓5 feet
• What is the first step of implementing an agency wide inspection program -✓✓a
full audit
• What does a playground safety audit do? -✓✓usually only conducted once to
identify agency correctable hazards, design flaws, manufacturer deficiencies,
installation problems, and to develop an agency's public playground replacement
plan
• What is a low frequency inspection? -✓✓these are conducted on schedule
intervals, a pre-determined cycle, ranging from biweekly to seasonally
• What is a high frequency inspection? -✓✓these are conducted on schedule
intervals, a pre-determined cycle, ranging from biweekly to seasonally
• Immediate repair of a common problem is? -✓✓the crews responsibility for
conducting high frequency inspection and should be repaired and noted during
inspection.
• Protrusions and projections on playground range from? -✓✓Poorly designed
play components and exposed bolt ends
• Entanglements are the majority of what on playgrounds? -✓✓deaths
