Street Name and Number Errors Flashcards
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A mail piece is addressed to '1402 Elm Stret, Denver, CO 80203'. What is the error?
Answer: Misspelled street type 'Stret'
The word 'Stret' is a misspelling of the street type 'Street.'
Which of the following street numbers is formatted incorrectly for standard USPS addressing?
Answer: 0 Main St
A street number of '0' is not a valid address number in standard USPS addressing.
The address '88 North West Oak Avenue' contains a directional error because:
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.
A clerk receives a letter addressed to '250 Spruce Blvd' but the local database shows '250 Spruce Blvd.' with a period. Which is 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.
Which address contains a street number error?
Answer: One Hundred Oak Ave
Street numbers must be written in numeric form, not spelled out as words like 'One Hundred.'
The address '700 S. Main Strt, Phoenix, AZ 85001' has which error?
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.
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?
Answer: The ZIP code
The mail piece lacks the ZIP code, which is present in the database entry '30308.'