Address Hygiene & Data Quality Flashcards

A mailer processes 50,000 records through CASS and receives a Form 3553. What is the primary purpose of this form?

Answer: To certify and document the accuracy results of the CASS processing run

USPS Form 3553 is the CASS Summary Report that documents the coding accuracy results and must accompany presorted mailings.

What is the definition of 'deliverability' in address quality measurement?

Answer: The probability that a piece of mail will reach its intended recipient at the given address

Deliverability measures whether mail can actually be delivered to the specified address and recipient.

Which of the following address components is NOT validated by standard CASS ZIP+4 coding?

Answer: Occupant name

CASS validates address components such as street names, numbers, and ZIP Codes, but does not verify whether the named occupant resides there.

What does a DPV 'Vacancy' indicator mean for a confirmed delivery point?

Answer: The delivery point is confirmed but currently shows no active occupant

A DPV vacancy indicator means the address is real and deliverable but USPS has flagged it as having no current occupant.

When standardizing a foreign address for a US-bound mailing, which line should contain the country name?

Answer: The last line of the address block, in uppercase

USPS Publication 28 specifies that the country name should appear on the last line of the address in uppercase for international mail.

A record returns a CASS footnote of 'G'. What does this indicate?

Answer: The address matched a primary number that falls within a valid range

CASS Footnote G indicates the record matched to a valid address range in the USPS database even though the exact number wasn't individually listed.

Which best practice helps prevent 'false positives' in address matching, where an incorrect address is matched to a real USPS record?

Answer: Setting a minimum match score threshold before accepting a correction

Requiring a minimum confidence or match score threshold prevents low-quality matches from being accepted as valid corrections.