National CPST Certification Quiz 2

A caregiver comes to you with a combination car seat with labels indicating lower anchor use to a maximum harnessed child weight of 40 pounds. The car seat manual indicates that the tether can be used to the maximum harness weight of 65 pounds. The vehicle owner’s manual indicates to follow the car seat manufacturer’s recommendations for lower anchor and tether use. The child weighs 42 pounds. You should educate the caregiver to install the car seat using:

• Lower anchors

• Lower anchors and tether

• Vehicle seat belt

• Vehicle seat belt and tether

The use of the tether is always recommended when permitted by both the car seat and vehicle manufacturers. What benefit does the use of the tether provide?

• Tethering a forward-facing car seat keeps the car seat from moving at all.

• Tethering a forward-facing car seat can reduce the distance that the child’s head moves forward in a crash.

• Use of a tether helps to make the car seat more stable.

• Both A and B

• Both B and C

You can attach two tether connectors to one tether anchor when:

• A pickup truck has indirect tether routing and the vehicle owner’s manual instructs you to do so.

• The third row of a vehicle only has one tether anchor, and two forward-facing car seats are present.

• The caregiver is insisting that all car seats must be tethered.

• Attaching two tether connectors to one tether anchor can never be done.

A car seat can be installed in a rear center seating position using LATCH when:

• The vehicle owner’s manual indicates you can borrow the lower anchors from the outboard seating positions in the rear center position.

• The car seat instruction manual indicates you can borrow the lower anchors from the outboard seating positions for the rear center position.

• The rear center position is a designated LATCH position.

• Both the vehicle and car seat manufacturers allow borrowing of lower anchors in the rear center seating position.

• C or D

Using the lower anchors and seat belt for the same installation is allowed only when approved by both the car seat and vehicle manufacturers.

• True

• False

NHTSA’s Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213 specifies performance requirements for car seats and booster seats used in motor vehicles. Who certifies that car seats meet the requirements of FMSVSS 213?

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

• National Child Passenger Safety Board (NCPSB)

• U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)

• Car seat manufacturers

Best practice is for children to use car seats and booster seats for as long as they fit within the manufacturer’s age, weight, and height requirements. What does NHTSA recommend as best practice for a two-year-old child?

• Ride rear-facing for as long as possible

• Ride forward-facing in a car seat with a harness

• Ride on a booster

• Ride in a seat belt

Modifications to a car seat can change the way a car seat performs in a crash.

• True

• False

Whenever possible, it is best practice for children with special transportation needs to use a _________________ car seat if it meets the child’s needs.

• Conventional

• Special Needs

• Personalized

• Customized

The recline indicator on a rear-facing car seat shows the proper angle for the car seat. The recline indicator:

• Is 100% correct all of the time even on inclined surfaces.

• Is optional.

• Is part of the car seat and must be used as indicated by the car seat manufacturer.