PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTOR EXAM FINAL PAPER
2025 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔The A portion of the fish/wedge probe tells us... - ✔✔if the opening is accessible by
a preschool child
✔✔The B portion of the fish/wedge probe tells us... - ✔✔the thickness of the enclosing
sides OR the location of the opening prevents the opening from being a hazard
✔✔What are the exceptions for partially bounded opening entrapment? - ✔✔1) Contact
with sides of the opening is less than 24" above the protective surfacing 2) lower leg of
opening is horizontal or pointed downward
✔✔Projections that have the potential to injure users are identified by ASTM as -
✔✔protrusions
✔✔The smallest gauge identifies projections that could penetrate a child's skill at the... -
✔✔temple region
✔✔The middle gauge identifies projections that could penetrate a child's brain through..
- ✔✔their eye socket
✔✔The largest gauge identifies projections that could... - ✔✔bruise or rupture an
internal organ
✔✔The washer like flat gauge is used to... - ✔✔check for protrusions on suspended
components such as swings
✔✔A projection that has the potential means to catch a loose cord, hood, or any other
item around a child's neck is an... - ✔✔entanglement hazard
✔✔What conditions must be present for a projection to be an entanglement hazard? -
✔✔1) Must fit within a projection gauge 2) must be above the horizontal plane 3) must
have perpendicular sides 4) must extend >0.12 from initial surface
✔✔What are the entanglement hazard exceptions? - ✔✔1) recessed bolts that do not
extend more than two threads 2) non-entanglement zone 3) projections that increase in
size from their initial surface
✔✔What are the exemptions to crush and shear criteria? - ✔✔1) Chain and its method
of attachment 2) attachment area of coil springs 3) area between top rail and swinging
element 4)area between lightweight moveable objects
, ✔✔There could be no single, non-rigid component suspended between play units or
from the ground to the play unit within 45 degrees of horizontal unless it is... - ✔✔1) 84"
or above 2) minimum 1" wide 3) brightly colored
✔✔Suspended non-rigid cable must be - ✔✔>45 degrees form horizontal
✔✔Maximum ramp slope - ✔✔1:12
✔✔Maximum ramp run without a landing - ✔✔144"
✔✔Elevated accessible routes must have minimum width of - ✔✔36"
✔✔Landings must have a ____ minimum diameter - ✔✔60"
✔✔___ rise for each stepped platform - ✔✔8"
✔✔____ height for transfer platform - ✔✔11-18"
✔✔Handrail height from leading edge of each step is? - ✔✔22-38"
✔✔What is the physical definition of a designated play surface? - ✔✔>2x2" and less
than 30 degrees from the horizontal
✔✔Except where means of ascent and descent have a top horizontal guardrail, the
maximum opening for most attached play components must be no greater than - ✔✔15"
✔✔An access component is required between adjacent platforms when vertical height
difference is - ✔✔>12 (2-5 year olds) and >18 (5-12 year olds)
✔✔T/F A swing can be attached to a composite structure - ✔✔F
✔✔Suspended elements shall not impact... - ✔✔>100 g's and HIC </500 (except for
components >/84")
✔✔Beam heights - ✔✔12" (2-5) and 16" (5-12)
✔✔Sliding pole must extend - ✔✔60" above platform
✔✔Pole distance from platform - ✔✔18-20"
✔✔Maximum pole diameter - ✔✔1.9"
✔✔T/F Sliding poles are recommended for pre school age children - ✔✔F
2025 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔The A portion of the fish/wedge probe tells us... - ✔✔if the opening is accessible by
a preschool child
✔✔The B portion of the fish/wedge probe tells us... - ✔✔the thickness of the enclosing
sides OR the location of the opening prevents the opening from being a hazard
✔✔What are the exceptions for partially bounded opening entrapment? - ✔✔1) Contact
with sides of the opening is less than 24" above the protective surfacing 2) lower leg of
opening is horizontal or pointed downward
✔✔Projections that have the potential to injure users are identified by ASTM as -
✔✔protrusions
✔✔The smallest gauge identifies projections that could penetrate a child's skill at the... -
✔✔temple region
✔✔The middle gauge identifies projections that could penetrate a child's brain through..
- ✔✔their eye socket
✔✔The largest gauge identifies projections that could... - ✔✔bruise or rupture an
internal organ
✔✔The washer like flat gauge is used to... - ✔✔check for protrusions on suspended
components such as swings
✔✔A projection that has the potential means to catch a loose cord, hood, or any other
item around a child's neck is an... - ✔✔entanglement hazard
✔✔What conditions must be present for a projection to be an entanglement hazard? -
✔✔1) Must fit within a projection gauge 2) must be above the horizontal plane 3) must
have perpendicular sides 4) must extend >0.12 from initial surface
✔✔What are the entanglement hazard exceptions? - ✔✔1) recessed bolts that do not
extend more than two threads 2) non-entanglement zone 3) projections that increase in
size from their initial surface
✔✔What are the exemptions to crush and shear criteria? - ✔✔1) Chain and its method
of attachment 2) attachment area of coil springs 3) area between top rail and swinging
element 4)area between lightweight moveable objects
, ✔✔There could be no single, non-rigid component suspended between play units or
from the ground to the play unit within 45 degrees of horizontal unless it is... - ✔✔1) 84"
or above 2) minimum 1" wide 3) brightly colored
✔✔Suspended non-rigid cable must be - ✔✔>45 degrees form horizontal
✔✔Maximum ramp slope - ✔✔1:12
✔✔Maximum ramp run without a landing - ✔✔144"
✔✔Elevated accessible routes must have minimum width of - ✔✔36"
✔✔Landings must have a ____ minimum diameter - ✔✔60"
✔✔___ rise for each stepped platform - ✔✔8"
✔✔____ height for transfer platform - ✔✔11-18"
✔✔Handrail height from leading edge of each step is? - ✔✔22-38"
✔✔What is the physical definition of a designated play surface? - ✔✔>2x2" and less
than 30 degrees from the horizontal
✔✔Except where means of ascent and descent have a top horizontal guardrail, the
maximum opening for most attached play components must be no greater than - ✔✔15"
✔✔An access component is required between adjacent platforms when vertical height
difference is - ✔✔>12 (2-5 year olds) and >18 (5-12 year olds)
✔✔T/F A swing can be attached to a composite structure - ✔✔F
✔✔Suspended elements shall not impact... - ✔✔>100 g's and HIC </500 (except for
components >/84")
✔✔Beam heights - ✔✔12" (2-5) and 16" (5-12)
✔✔Sliding pole must extend - ✔✔60" above platform
✔✔Pole distance from platform - ✔✔18-20"
✔✔Maximum pole diameter - ✔✔1.9"
✔✔T/F Sliding poles are recommended for pre school age children - ✔✔F
