Certified Playground Safety Inspector CPSI Exam
Updated Actual Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
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• Accessible playground -✓✓ playground equipment area, that, when viewed in its
entirety, may be approached and entered and provides a range of play opportunities
and experiences to users of varying abilities
• Accessible route -✓✓ A pathway specifically designed to provide access for
individuals with disabilities, including those using wheelchairs or mobility devices
• Adjacent platforms -✓✓ two platforms having a common vertical plane with
some deviation in their height
• climbing net structure -✓✓ Play ground climbing device made of flexible
components arranged in either a 2 dimensional grid or a 3 dimensional matrix
• completely bounded opening -✓✓ any opening in a piece of play equipment that
is totally enclosed by boundaries on all sides so that the perimeter of the opening is
continuous
• Component -✓✓ of a play structure, any portion thereof that generates specific
activity and cannot stand alone
• composite play structure -✓✓ Two or more play structures attached or
functionally linked, to create one integral unit that provides more than one play
activity.
,• crush and shear point -✓✓ juncture at which the user could suffer contusion,
laceration, abrasion, amputation, or fracture during the use of playground
equipment
• Designated Play Surface -✓✓ Any elevated surface for standing, walking,
crawling, sitting or climbing, or a flat surface greater than 2 inches wide by 2
inches long having an angle less than 30° from horizontal.
• Embankment Slide -✓✓ A slide that follows the contour of the ground and at no
point is the bottom of the chute greater than 12 inches above the surrounding
ground.
• enclosed swing seat -✓✓ suspended device upon which a user sits which has
nonremovable supports on all sides and between the legs of the user. the supports
are intended to prevent the user from falling out of the device while it is in motion.
• entanglement -✓✓ A condition in which the user's clothes or something around
the user's neck becomes caught or entwined on a component of playground
equipment.
• Entrapment -✓✓ any condition that impedes withdrawal of a body or body part
that has penetrated an opening.
• fall height -✓✓ the vertical distance between the highest designated play surface
on a piece of equipment and the protective surfacing beneath it
• Flexible component -✓✓ any part of the playground equipment that changes its
shape when in use; examples include the tire net, and the log bridge
, • functionally linked play structure -✓✓ play structure that acts as a single unit in
its physical form or sense of function as continuous play even if the components
are not physically attached
• g -✓✓ acceleration due to gravity at earths sea level (32 ft/s² (9.8 m/s²))
• guardrail -✓✓ device around an elevated surface that prevents inadvertent falls
from the elevated surface
• handrail -✓✓ rigid linear device, following the path of access or egress, that
when grasped, provides balance and support in maintaining a specific body posture
• maximum user -✓✓ 12 year old child; measurement characteristics are the 95th
percentile values for combined sexes
• minimum user -✓✓ a 2 year old child; measurement characteristics are the 5th
percentile values for combined sexes
• partially bounded opening -✓✓ Any opening in a piece of play equipment that is
not totally enclosed by boundaries on all sides so that the perimeter of the opening
is discontinuous
• platform -✓✓ flat surface, intended for more than one user to stand, and upon
which users can move freely
• play structure -✓✓ free standing structure with one or more components and their
supporting members
Updated Actual Question and Answer (2026/2027) |
100% Verified Answers
• Accessible playground -✓✓ playground equipment area, that, when viewed in its
entirety, may be approached and entered and provides a range of play opportunities
and experiences to users of varying abilities
• Accessible route -✓✓ A pathway specifically designed to provide access for
individuals with disabilities, including those using wheelchairs or mobility devices
• Adjacent platforms -✓✓ two platforms having a common vertical plane with
some deviation in their height
• climbing net structure -✓✓ Play ground climbing device made of flexible
components arranged in either a 2 dimensional grid or a 3 dimensional matrix
• completely bounded opening -✓✓ any opening in a piece of play equipment that
is totally enclosed by boundaries on all sides so that the perimeter of the opening is
continuous
• Component -✓✓ of a play structure, any portion thereof that generates specific
activity and cannot stand alone
• composite play structure -✓✓ Two or more play structures attached or
functionally linked, to create one integral unit that provides more than one play
activity.
,• crush and shear point -✓✓ juncture at which the user could suffer contusion,
laceration, abrasion, amputation, or fracture during the use of playground
equipment
• Designated Play Surface -✓✓ Any elevated surface for standing, walking,
crawling, sitting or climbing, or a flat surface greater than 2 inches wide by 2
inches long having an angle less than 30° from horizontal.
• Embankment Slide -✓✓ A slide that follows the contour of the ground and at no
point is the bottom of the chute greater than 12 inches above the surrounding
ground.
• enclosed swing seat -✓✓ suspended device upon which a user sits which has
nonremovable supports on all sides and between the legs of the user. the supports
are intended to prevent the user from falling out of the device while it is in motion.
• entanglement -✓✓ A condition in which the user's clothes or something around
the user's neck becomes caught or entwined on a component of playground
equipment.
• Entrapment -✓✓ any condition that impedes withdrawal of a body or body part
that has penetrated an opening.
• fall height -✓✓ the vertical distance between the highest designated play surface
on a piece of equipment and the protective surfacing beneath it
• Flexible component -✓✓ any part of the playground equipment that changes its
shape when in use; examples include the tire net, and the log bridge
, • functionally linked play structure -✓✓ play structure that acts as a single unit in
its physical form or sense of function as continuous play even if the components
are not physically attached
• g -✓✓ acceleration due to gravity at earths sea level (32 ft/s² (9.8 m/s²))
• guardrail -✓✓ device around an elevated surface that prevents inadvertent falls
from the elevated surface
• handrail -✓✓ rigid linear device, following the path of access or egress, that
when grasped, provides balance and support in maintaining a specific body posture
• maximum user -✓✓ 12 year old child; measurement characteristics are the 95th
percentile values for combined sexes
• minimum user -✓✓ a 2 year old child; measurement characteristics are the 5th
percentile values for combined sexes
• partially bounded opening -✓✓ Any opening in a piece of play equipment that is
not totally enclosed by boundaries on all sides so that the perimeter of the opening
is discontinuous
• platform -✓✓ flat surface, intended for more than one user to stand, and upon
which users can move freely
• play structure -✓✓ free standing structure with one or more components and their
supporting members
