CPSI PRE TEST CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTOR EXAM | 2026 UPDATE
Playground and play in general help develop a child... ✔️SEPI (Socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually)
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
Protrusions may not what? ✔️increase in size from their initial surface
The angle of any vertex formed by adjacent components should not be less than? ✔️55 degrees unless the lower leg of the angle is horizontal or
pointed down
A designated playing surface is an elevated surface for? ✔️standing, walking, sitting or climbing
Playground and play in general help develop a child... ✔️SEPI (Socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually)
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
Protrusions may not what? ✔️increase in size from their initial surface
The angle of any vertex formed by adjacent components should not be less than? ✔️55 degrees unless the lower leg of the angle is horizontal or
pointed down
A designated playing surface is an elevated surface for? ✔️standing, walking, sitting or climbing
