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Public Playground Safety Handbook Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers (100% Correct Answers)
/Already Graded A+
Public Playground
Ans: Equipment for use by children ages 6 months through 12 years in the
playground areas of: commercial child care facilities (non-residential),
institutions, multiple family dwellings, parks (city, state, community),
restaurants, resorts and recreational developments, schools, other areas of
public use.
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Barrier
Ans: An enclosing device around an elevated platform that is intended to
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prevent both inadvertent and deliberate attempts to pass through the device.


Designated Play Surface
Ans: 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 degrees from horizontal.


Footing
Ans: A means for anchoring playground equipment to the ground.


Full Bucket Seat Swing
Ans: A swing generally appropriate for children under 4 years of age that
provides support on all sides and between the legs of the occupant and
cannot be entered or exited without adult assistance.


Geotextile (filter) Cloth

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Ans: A fabric that retains its relative structure during handling, placement,
and long-term service to enhance water movement, retard soil movement,
and to add reinforcement and separation between the soil and the surfacing
and/or sub-base.


Infill
Ans: Material(s) used in a protective barrier or between decks to prevent a
user from passing through the barrier (e.g., vertical bars, lattice, solid panel,
etc.)


Preschool-Age Children
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Ans: Children 2 years of age through 5 years of age.
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Projection
Ans: Anything that extends outward from a surface of the playground
equipment and must be tested to determine whether it is a protrusion or
entanglement hazard, or both.


Protective Surfacing
Ans: Shock absorbing (i.e., impact attenuating) surfacing material in the
use zone that conforms to the recommendations in §2.4 of this handbook.


Protrusion
Ans: A projection which, when tested, is found to be a hazard having the
potential to cause bodily injury to a user who impacts it.


Roller Slide

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Ans: A slide that has a chute consisting of a series of individual rollers over
which the user travels.


School-Age Children
Ans: Children 5 years of age through 12 years of age.


Slide Chute
Ans: The inclined sliding surface of a slide.


Supervisor
Ans: Any person tasked with watching children on a playground.
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Supervisors may be paid professionals, paid seasonal workers, volunteers, or
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unpaid caregivers of the children playing in the playground.


Toddlers
Ans: Children 6 months through 23 months of age.


Tube Slide
Ans: A slide in which the chute consists of a totally enclosed tube or
tunnel.


What are the key factors to keep in mind when laying out a playground? (6
in total)
Ans: Accessibility, age separation, conflicting activities, sight lines, signage
and/or labeling, supervision.


Moving equipment, such as swings and merry-go-rounds, should be
located toward a _____, ____, or ____ of the play area while ensuring that
the appropriate use zones around the equipment are maintained.

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Ans: corner, side, edge


Slide exits should be located in an ________ area of the playground.
Ans: uncongested


Adjacent components on composite structures should be complementary.
For example, an access component should not be located in a slide ____
____.
Ans: Exit zone


In playgrounds with areas for a different ages, the older children's area
should be ________ from the younger children's area to ensure that
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caregivers of multiple children can see older children while they are engaged
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in interactive play with younger ones.
Ans: Visible


Although the intended user group should be obvious from the design and
scale of equipment, ______ and/or _____ posted in the playground area or
on the equipment should give some guidance to supervisors as to the age
appropriateness of the equipment.
Ans: Signs, labels


Toddler climbing equipment should be under ____ inches high.
Ans: 32


Toddler spiral slides should rotate less than _____ degrees.
Ans: 360


Preschool horizontal ladders should be less than or equal to ______ inches
high for ages 4 and 5.

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