Car Seat Safety Quiz 3

Types of car seats that can be used forward-facing include which of the following?

• Convertible

• Forward-facing only

• Combination

• All-in-One

• All of the above

A grandparent arrives at the checkup event with a grandchild in a convertible car seat used forward-facing. The child is 24 months old and weighs 30 pounds. The car seat is tightly secured with the lower anchors and no tether. The harness is snug, the retainer clip is at armpit level, and the harness straps are just above her shoulders. What is not correct about this use/installation?

• The harness straps should be at or below her shoulders.

• The harness should allow 1" of pinched webbing.

• The tether should be used with the lower anchors.

• The child should be on a booster seat.

When securing a child into a forward-facing car seat, the harness straps should be:

• At or above the child’s shoulders

• At or below the child’s shoulders

• It doesn’t matter where the harness straps are positioned as long as the harness is snug.

Best practice for a four-year-old child who is 43 pounds and 42” and does not have any behavioral or developmental issues would be:

• A booster seat with a weight range of 40 pounds to 100 pounds, a height range of 43”-57” and a minimum recommended age of four years.

• A rear-facing convertible car seat with a maximum harness weight for rear-facing use of 40 pounds and maximum height for rear-facing use of 40”.

• A forward-facing car seat with a maximum harness weight of 65 pounds, a maximum harness height of 49” and a minimum age requirement of two years.

• All of the above are equally safe and acceptable.

Which of the following is true about correct harness fit?

• You should not be able to vertically pinch excess webbing at the shoulders once the harness is tightened.

• The retainer clip should be about 3" below the child’s armpits.

• The harness straps should be at the lowest slot.

• Twist the harness straps to get a more secure harness fit.

A two-year-old, 32-pound child is secured in a forward-facing only car seat. The harness is snug, and the harness straps are just above the child’s shoulders. The retainer clip is positioned at the child’s waist. What is not correct about this use?

• No retainer clip is needed.

• The retainer clip is too low.

• The harness straps should be below the child’s shoulders.

• The harness straps should be threaded through the top slot.

• Nothing is incorrect.

A caregiver comes to you with a combination car seat using the harness with their four-year-old child who weighs 32 pounds. The lower anchor and tether anchor use limit is 40 pounds. The car seat is secured using the seat belt and tether. The harness straps are just below the child’s shoulders in the second-to-top slot. The harness retainer clip is at armpit level. What is not correct about this use/installation?

• The car seat is secured using the seat belt and tether.

• The harness straps should be at or just above the shoulders.

• The car seat should have a noodle behind it.

• None of the above

Why are booster seats important?

• Vehicle seats and seat belts are designed to fit adults, and often do not fit children properly.

• Booster seats raise and position a child so the vehicle’s lap-and-shoulder belt fits properly.

• Booster seats can help prevent seat belt syndrome.

• All of the above

Which of these is one of several considerations that a child is ready to use the vehicle seat belt?

• They can see out of the back window when sitting on the vehicle seat.

• They are unable to keep their feet flat on the floor of the vehicle when sitting on the vehicle seat.

• They don’t like their booster seat anymore.

• When their back is against the vehicle seat back, they can keep their knees naturally bent over the edge of the vehicle seat without slouching.

Best practice is for children under ___ years of age to ride in the back seat.

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14