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Address and ZIP Code Verification Flashcards

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  1. A ZIP code of '00000' appears on a mail piece. What should a postal worker conclude?

    Answer: It is an invalid placeholder and the address needs correction

    00000 is not an assigned USPS ZIP code; it is a common data-entry placeholder indicating the ZIP was not captured.

  2. Which U.S. state uses ZIP codes beginning with '96'?

    Answer: Hawaii

    Hawaii's ZIP codes fall in the 96700–96899 range, all beginning with 96.

  3. An address reads '741 Commerce Pkwy, Ste 200, Raleigh, NC 27601.' The suite number for that tenant is 20. What error is present?

    Answer: An extra zero added to the suite number

    The suite is listed as 200 but the correct unit is 20; an extra zero has been appended, making the secondary unit incorrect.

  4. For a military overseas address (APO/FPO), which state abbreviation is used for Army Post Office locations in Europe?

    Answer: AE

    APO/FPO addresses in Europe use the state abbreviation AE (Armed Forces Europe), while AP covers the Pacific and AA covers the Americas.

  5. A delivery address line reads '88-12 Junction Blvd, Queens, NY 11372.' The hyphenated street number is characteristic of which borough?

    Answer: Queens

    Queens uses a hyphenated house-numbering system where the first part indicates the nearest cross street; no other New York City borough uses this format system-wide.

  6. A mailer lists the address as '300 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10118.' Someone else writes the same location as '300 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118.' How does USPS treat these?

    Answer: Both are equivalent and match to the same delivery point

    USPS address normalization equates ordinal number words ('Fifth') with their numeric equivalents ('5th') during matching.

  7. A bulk mailer's spreadsheet shows 5,000 records where every ZIP code ends in '0000' as the +4 extension (e.g., 30301-0000). What does this indicate?

    Answer: The +4 codes were not filled in and are placeholder values

    A +4 extension of '0000' is a common placeholder indicating the four-digit add-on was never populated, not a real delivery-point code.