CASS Address Matching & Standardization 2

Question 1

When CASS software encounters '123 Main St NW' and the USPS database has '123 Main Street Northwest', what is the correct standardized output?

Accepted Answer

123 Main St NW

Answer

123 Main Street NW

Answer

123 Main ST NW

Answer

123 MAIN ST NW

Question 2

Which ZIP+4 component identifies the specific delivery point within a carrier route?

Accepted Answer

The last two digits of the +4 code

Answer

The first five digits

Answer

The 6th and 7th digits of the +4 code

Answer

The carrier route code

Question 3

An address input is '456 Elm Avenue Apt 3B, Chicago IL 60614'. After CASS processing, the secondary designator should appear as:

Accepted Answer

APT 3B

Answer

Apt 3B

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APARTMENT 3B

Answer

SUITE 3B

Question 4

What does a DPV (Delivery Point Validation) confirmation indicator of 'S' mean?

Accepted Answer

The address matched only to the primary number, with secondary info unconfirmed

Answer

The address is fully valid at the primary number level

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The address is a false positive requiring manual review

Answer

The address matched with secondary unit data missing

Question 5

Under CASS certification rules, how often must mailers reprocess their address files to maintain presort discounts?

Accepted Answer

Within 185 days of the mailing date

Answer

Every 6 months

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Every 12 months

Answer

Every 90 days

Question 6

Which CASS output field indicates whether an address is on a residential or business delivery route?

Accepted Answer

RDI (Residential Delivery Indicator)

Answer

DPV Footnote

Answer

LACSLink indicator

Answer

SuiteLink return code

Question 7

When CASS software cannot match an input address to any record in the USPS database, what is the appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Flag the record as undeliverable and exclude from presort discounts

Answer

Delete the record from the mailing list

Answer

Assign the ZIP Code centroid coordinates and move on

Answer

Assign the nearest matching ZIP+4 code