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Street Name and Number Errors Flashcards

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  1. A mail piece shows '7722 Cresent Moon Way.' The database shows '7722 Crescent Moon Way.' What error is present?

    Answer: Misspelled street name — 'Cresent' vs 'Crescent'

    The street name 'Crescent' is misspelled as 'Cresent' on the mail piece.

  2. Which scenario represents a street number transposition error?

    Answer: List: 5678 Oak Ln / Piece: 5768 Oak Ln

    The digits '67' in 5678 are transposed to '76' in 5768, which is a classic number transposition error.

  3. The address '0045 Riverbank Terrace' is flagged during error detection. Why?

    Answer: Leading zeros in street numbers are not used in standard USPS addressing

    Leading zeros are not standard in USPS address formatting; the number should be written as '45.'

  4. A mail piece addressed to '512 Westside Pkwy' is compared to the record '512 West Side Pkwy.' What is the discrepancy?

    Answer: The street name is written as one word instead of two

    The official name 'West Side' (two words) is written as 'Westside' (one word) on the mail piece.

  5. Which of these contains both a street name AND street number error?

    Answer: List: 1133 Maple Ave / Piece: 1313 Mapl Ave

    The number '1133' is transposed to '1313' and 'Maple' is truncated to 'Mapl,' making it an error in both the number and street name.

  6. The official record shows '3900 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.' A mail piece shows '3900 MLK Blvd.' What problem does this cause?

    Answer: The initials 'MLK' may not match the official street name in the address database

    Unofficial abbreviations like 'MLK' may not match the standardized street name in the USPS database, causing a delivery error.

  7. In a USPS error detection test, you see 'List: 77 Sunset Strip / Piece: 77 Sun Set Strip.' What is wrong?

    Answer: The street name 'Sunset' is incorrectly split into two words 'Sun Set'

    The single-word street name 'Sunset' has been incorrectly written as two words 'Sun Set' on the mail piece.