Definitions

Question 1

An enclosing device around an elevated platform that is intended to prevent both inadvertent and deliberate attempts to pass through the device

Answer 1

Barrier / Protective Barrier

Question 2

Two or more play structures attached or functionally linked, to create one integral unit that provides more than one play activity

Answer 2

Composite Structure

Question 3

The fall height below which a life-threatening head injury would not be expected to occur

Answer 3

Critical Height

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Designated Play Surface

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Embankment Slide

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Entanglement

Question 7

Any condition that impedes withdrawal of a body or body part that has penetrated an opening

Answer 7

Entrapment

Question 8

The vertical distance between the highest designated play surface on a piece of equipment and the protective surfacing beneath it

Answer 8

Fall Height

Question 9

A means for anchoring playground equipment to the ground

Answer 9

Footing

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Full Bucket Seat Swing

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

Geotextile (filter) Cloth

Question 12

An enclosing device around an elevated platform that is intended to prevent inadvertent falls from the elevated surface

Answer 12

Guardrail

Question 13

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.)

Answer 13

Infill

Question 14

A material used for protective surfacing in the use zone that consists of loose particles such as sand, gravel, engineered wood fibers, or shredded rubber

Answer 14

Loose-Fill Surfacing Material

Question 15

Children 2 years of age through 5 years of age

Answer 15

Preschool-Age Children

Question 16

Anything that extends 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

Answer 16

Projection

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Protective Surfacing

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Protrusion

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Roller Slide

Question 20

Children 5 years of age through 12 years of age

Answer 20

School-Age Children

Question 21

The inclined sliding surface of a slide

Answer 21

Slide Chute

Question 22

Any play structure that has a fixed base and does not move

Answer 22

Stationary Play Equipment

Question 23

Any person tasked with watching children on a playground. Supervisors may be paid professionals (e.g., childcare, elementary school or park and recreation personnel), paid seasonal workers (e.g., college or high school students), volunteers (e.g., PTA members), or unpaid caregivers (e.g., parents) of the children playing in the playground

Answer 23

Supervisor

Question 24

Children 6 months through 23 months of age

Answer 24

Toddlers

Question 25

A slide in which the chute consists of a totally enclosed tube or tunnel

Answer 25

Tube Slide

Question 26

A manufactured material used for protective surfacing in the use zone that may be rubber tiles, mats, or a combination of energy absorbing materials held in place by a binder that may be poured in place at the playground site and cures to form a unitary shock absorbing surface

Answer 26

Unitary Surfacing Material

Question 27

Equipment designed to support a child by the hands only (e.g., horizontal ladder, overhead swinging rings)

Answer 27

Upper Body Equipment

Question 28

The surface under and around a piece of equipment onto which a child falling from or exiting from the equipment would be expected to land. These areas are also designated for unrestricted circulation around the equipment

Answer 28

Use Zone