USPS Street Name and Number Errors 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A mail piece is addressed to '1402 Elm Stret, Denver, CO 80203'. What is the error?
- Incorrect ZIP code
- Misspelled street type 'Stret' (Correct answer)
- Wrong city name
- Missing apartment number
Correct answer: Misspelled street type 'Stret'
The word 'Stret' is a misspelling of the street type 'Street.'
Question 2: Which of the following street numbers is formatted incorrectly for standard USPS addressing?
- 4400
- 0 Main St (Correct answer)
- 12B
- 1600
Correct answer: 0 Main St
A street number of '0' is not a valid address number in standard USPS addressing.
Question 3: The address '88 North West Oak Avenue' contains a directional error because:
- Two directionals ('North' and 'West') cannot both precede the street name (Correct answer)
- Oak Avenue is not a valid street name
- The number 88 is too low
- The word 'Avenue' should be abbreviated
Correct answer: Two directionals ('North' and 'West') cannot both precede the street name
Only one predirectional is used before a street name; combining 'North' and 'West' creates an invalid address format.
Question 4: A clerk receives a letter addressed to '250 Spruce Blvd' but the local database shows '250 Spruce Blvd.' with a period. Which is correct?
- The period makes the database version incorrect
- Both are acceptable; punctuation is ignored in USPS addressing (Correct answer)
- The letter version is incorrect because periods are required
- The address must include a ZIP code to be valid
Correct answer: Both are acceptable; punctuation is ignored in USPS addressing
USPS addressing standards disregard punctuation, so both versions refer to the same deliverable address.
Question 5: Which address contains a street number error?
- 3301 Pine St
- One Hundred Oak Ave (Correct answer)
- 400 W 5th St
- 22 Birch Ln
Correct answer: One Hundred Oak Ave
Street numbers must be written in numeric form, not spelled out as words like 'One Hundred.'
Question 6: The address '700 S. Main Strt, Phoenix, AZ 85001' has which error?
- Incorrect state abbreviation
- Incorrect ZIP code for Phoenix
- Abbreviated street type 'Strt' is not a recognized USPS suffix (Correct answer)
- The directional 'S.' should not be abbreviated
Correct answer: Abbreviated street type 'Strt' is not a recognized USPS suffix
'Strt' is not a recognized USPS street suffix; the correct abbreviation is 'ST' for Street.
Question 7: A piece addressed to '19 Maple Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA' is compared to the database entry '19 Maple Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308.' What is missing from the mail piece?
- The predirectional
- The ZIP code (Correct answer)
- The secondary unit designator
- The street number
Correct answer: The ZIP code
The mail piece lacks the ZIP code, which is present in the database entry '30308.'
USPS Street Name and Number Errors 2
A mail piece is addressed to '1402 Elm Stret, Denver, CO 80203'.
What is the error?