CPSI Certified Playground Safety Inspector
Course Manual: Comprehensive Study
Guide with Complete Questions and Correct
Detailed Answers for Playground Safety
Certification, Covering ASTM Standards,
Hazard Identification, and Surfacing
Requirements.
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
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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
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#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"