CPSI EXAM 84 Questions with Verified Answers
CPSC - CORRECT ANSWER Consumer Product Safety Commission
ASTM - CORRECT ANSWER American Society for
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DOJ 2010 ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN - CORRECT ANSWER Set minimum requirements- both scoping and technical for newly designed and constructed state and local government facilities to be readily accessible to and issuable by individuals with disabilities.
NRPA - CORRECT ANSWER National Recreation and Park Association
NPCAI - CORRECT ANSWER National Playground Contractors Association Incorporated
NEISS - CORRECT ANSWER National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
IPEMA - CORRECT ANSWER International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association
ADA - CORRECT ANSWER Americans with Disabilities Act
Hazard - CORRECT ANSWER danger
Risk - CORRECT ANSWER a situation involving exposure to danger
anthropometric measurements - CORRECT ANSWER Measurements or estimates of physical aspects of the body such as height, weight, circumferences, and body composition.
The user range covered by ASTM F-1487 is: - CORRECT ANSWER 5th percentile 2 year-old to 95th percentile 12 year old
The most common cause of playground fatalities? - CORRECT ANSWER Falls
The most recent revision of ASTM standard, 1487-21 occurred in what year? - CORRECT ANSWER 2021
According to CPSC, good playground, supervisors must understand all except: - CORRECT ANSWER Understand playground general design
Which of the following ASTM document should be used as a reference when selecting a service system to be installed in a public playground? - CORRECT ANSWER F2223
The purpose of ASTM standard 1487 is - CORRECT ANSWER To reduce life-threatening and debilitating injuries.
All of the following are factors identified to contribute to playground injuries, except - CORRECT ANSWER Equipment design to encourage risk taking
Where is the best source for accessible design information? - CORRECT ANSWER DOJ 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
ASTM 1487 covers - CORRECT ANSWER Public playground equipment
True or false - grass is an acceptable play ground surface material - CORRECT ANSWER False
Before opening a new playground and allowing use by the public a CPSI should - CORRECT ANSWER Audit the playground and rectify, any non-compliance issue found
Engineer wood is an example of what type of protective services - CORRECT ANSWER Loose fill
Which of the following statements regarding fasteners and other hardware on play equipment is true - CORRECT ANSWER Fasteners and other hardware must be corrosion resistant, or have a corrosion resistant coating
A minimum width of 60" and a maximum slip of 1:16 is part of which standards: - CORRECT ANSWER ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines
Impact Attenuating Surfacing is required in all following areas except - CORRECT ANSWER Where a ramp connected to a composite structure, attaches to an accessible walkway
To be compliant with ASTM 1487- a designer or manufacturer of playground equipment should provide buyers - CORRECT ANSWER A parts list for the playground
Playgrounds made of wood or containing wood components must - CORRECT ANSWER Be naturally rot resistant for treated to resist rot
Manufactures of playground equipment must - CORRECT ANSWER Provide identification on their equipment
Which of the following are compliant with the most recent revision of ASTM standard 1487? - CORRECT ANSWER A tic toe panel installed on asphalt
A CPSIrecord the following pieces of equipment have non overlapping zones, except: - CORRECT ANSWER Log rolls
A CPSI record the following data when auditing a playground? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. 2 spring socks 72" apart
2. An adjacent open seat swing set and fully enclosed swing seat set 72" apart
The distance between functionally linked stepping pods on a playground 2-5 year olds shall not be greater than: - CORRECT ANSWER 12"
A CPSI audits a new playground and documents all compliant and non compliant conditions found. Which of the following is a non compliant condition? - CORRECT ANSWER Two adjacent track rides with parallel paths of travel installed 40" apart
Which statement about use zones is correct? - CORRECT ANSWER A track ride use zone is 72" (18.30)
An overhead utility line is located above a public playground. To determine the required, Clearance of the line above the equipment and surfacing a CPSI should consults - CORRECT ANSWER Local, state and national electric codes
The most appropriate place to find information regarding fencing for use around public playgrounds is - CORRECT ANSWER ASTM fencing 2049
All of the following may be considered a trip hazard, except - CORRECT ANSWER A concrete order painted blaze, orange, including black, shredded rubber surfacing
AC psi is auditing a playground designed for use by 2 to 5-year-old children based upon ASTM standards and CPSC recommendations she should just removing - CORRECT ANSWER Trampoline
In evaluating nontraditional equipment, a piece of equipment may not be declared noncompliant simply because it is not covered by the a ASTM standard - CORRECT ANSWER TRUE
What is the order of steps to assess compliance for a nontraditional piece of equipment? - CORRECT ANSWER First, you need to determine the manufacturers classification for the play component if any, second if that does not help use professional judgment to apply the appropriate performance criteria third identify all components and apply appropriate performance criteria
Rotating equipment should I have a 72 inch clear area free of structural components - CORRECT ANSWER
Slide transition area must be at least __________deep and as wide as the slide shoot - CORRECT ANSWER 14"
Sliding poor platform is the must extend _______ above the platform - CORRECT ANSWER 60"
A balance beam for ages 2 to 5 shall be________ maximum height, and ________ maximum height for ages, 5 to 12 - CORRECT ANSWER 12" and 16"
Which of the following is true when using flexible components, as access to a flat - CORRECT ANSWER It means of hand support during transition to 54 must be provided
Critical height is a characteristic of - CORRECT ANSWER Playground surfacing
Before height of a Merry, go round, is measured from ___________ to the protective surfacing - CORRECT ANSWER Platform perimeter where child sits
The fall height of a piece of equipment is _______ - CORRECT ANSWER The vertical distance between the highest accessible play surface of the pool equipment, and the protective service beneath
What is the minimum use zone between a merry go round and a sitting spring rocker - CORRECT ANSWER 144"
What is the maximum slope for an accessible route within a playground? - CORRECT ANSWER 1:16"
How are for heights for swings measured - CORRECT ANSWER Measured from the pivot point to the surface material
Which factor is not in consideration when selecting a protective surfacing materials - CORRECT ANSWER Age of users
The surfacing material can likely protect against risk of white, threatening her injury. If it's G max value is - CORRECT ANSWER Less than 200
The fall height of three dimensional climbing net is - CORRECT ANSWER Measured from the height of the interior or exterior fall height with a minimum for high of 72 inches
Critical height is ________ fall height - CORRECT ANSWER Greater than or equal to
The low frequency inspection focuses on what - CORRECT ANSWER Preventative maintenance
Who is primarily responsible for inspections and maintenance of poker player and equipment - CORRECT ANSWER The owner or operator
What is the primary factor affecting inspection frequency? - CORRECT ANSWER Extent of use
Safety, function in aesthetics are the primary purpose of playground inspections - CORRECT ANSWER True
If an accident reported as a result of the failure/breakage of a piece of playground equipment do not remove the broken hazard piece of equipment because this is admitting guilt - CORRECT ANSWER False
Which conditions is a priority one condition - CORRECT ANSWER A merry go round with open platform seating
Which of the following represent the primary purpose of playground audits - CORRECT ANSWER Identify noncompliant conditions and identifying complaint conditions
To assign priority levels to a condition, you must give consideration to these three things in the order listed - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Possibility
2. Probability
3. Consequences
Which of the following statements about protrusions is correct - CORRECT ANSWER Rissa sports may be an accessible and not subject to protrusion test
What is the minimum height for the top row of a guard rail on a stretcher doesn't need it for 5 to 12 year olds - CORRECT ANSWER 38"
Which dowel probe should be used to test for crush, and share in the swivel of a rotating swing - CORRECT ANSWER .62"
Slime, non-entanglement zone projections, greater than ______not allowed - CORRECT ANSWER 1/8"
Certain openings could present in entrapment hazard, if the distance between any interior exposing services is greater than _______ inches and less than ______ - CORRECT ANSWER 3.5 inches and 9 inches
How long should site history files be maintained? - CORRECT ANSWER Never shredded
Which of the following are minimum Louisville requirements for a playground? - CORRECT ANSWER EWF 9" depth or shreds rubber 6" depth
Construction, fencing, and signage is best long-term solution for taking playground equipment out of service - CORRECT ANSWER True
What percentage of accidents could be avoided with good preventative maintenance program? - CORRECT ANSWER 40%
Loose fill for accessible routes, shall conform to the performance specifications requirements of - CORRECT ANSWER F1292 and f1951
Four protrusion gauges - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Smallest child's skull .25"
2. Eye socket to brain injury .75"
3. Bruise or rupture internal organs 1.5"
4. Washer like for swings .12"
protusion - CORRECT ANSWER Projections that have the potential to injure users by spiking, piercing, or stabbing a user.
Entanglement - CORRECT ANSWER A projection that has the potential means to catch a loose cord, hood, or any other item around a child's neck is a potential entanglement.
Just because some thing is a projection, doesn't mean that it's an entanglement. It Hass to have three conditions present. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Projection must fit a projection gauge
2. Projection must protect vertically above the horizontal plane
3. Projection must have perpendicular sides, extending greater than .12 from its initial surface.
Slide known in table in zone - CORRECT ANSWER 21"
Crush and Shear Probe - CORRECT ANSWER Dowels
Roller spikes crush and shear size - CORRECT ANSWER .19 or 3/16
Merry go round crush and shear - CORRECT ANSWER .30" or 5/16
Minimum surfacing for loose fill - CORRECT ANSWER 9"
Maximum surfacing for loose fill - CORRECT ANSWER 12" [Show Less]