CASS International Address Standards 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under CASS certification rules, what must a mailer do when an address database contains records for US territories like Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands?
- Exclude them from CASS processing entirely
- Process them through the standard CASS cycle as domestic addresses (Correct answer)
- Submit them to a separate international CASS module
- Flag them for manual review before processing
Correct answer: Process them through the standard CASS cycle as domestic addresses
US territories including Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands use USPS ZIP codes and are processed through the standard CASS cycle as domestic addresses.
Question 2: What is the standard postal code format for France?
- Five letters
- Five digits (Correct answer)
- Alphanumeric six characters
- Four digits plus two letters
Correct answer: Five digits
French postal codes (codes postaux) consist of exactly five digits, e.g., '75001' for the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Question 3: Which country uses a postal code system where the first two digits indicate the province?
- Mexico
- Italy
- Spain
- All of the above (Correct answer)
Correct answer: All of the above
Mexico (estados), Italy (province), and Spain (provincias) all use 5-digit postal codes where the first two digits identify the province or state.
Question 4: When preparing international mail, where should the destination country name appear in the address block?
- On the first line, above the recipient name
- Immediately below the recipient name
- On the last line of the address block in capital letters (Correct answer)
- Adjacent to the postal code on the city line
Correct answer: On the last line of the address block in capital letters
USPS and UPU standards require the destination country name to appear on the last line of the address block, written in capital letters.
Question 5: A Brazilian CEP (Código de Endereçamento Postal) consists of how many digits?
- 5
- 6
- 8 (Correct answer)
- 9
Correct answer: 8
Brazilian postal codes (CEP) consist of 8 digits, typically formatted as XXXXX-XXX, e.g., '01310-100'.
Question 6: In the context of international address processing, what does 'address transliteration' refer to?
- Converting an address from one language to another
- Converting non-Latin script addresses into Latin/Roman characters (Correct answer)
- Expanding address abbreviations to full words
- Correcting misspellings in foreign city names
Correct answer: Converting non-Latin script addresses into Latin/Roman characters
Address transliteration is the process of converting addresses written in non-Latin scripts (such as Arabic, Chinese, or Cyrillic) into equivalent Latin/Roman character representations.
Question 7: Which of the following is a valid use of the CASS-certified software output when mailing to APO/FPO addresses?
- APO/FPO addresses bypass CASS and use military routing codes instead
- CASS certifies APO/FPO addresses as domestic mail using standard ZIP codes (Correct answer)
- APO/FPO addresses require a separate international certification module
- CASS cannot process APO/FPO addresses and they must be hand-coded
Correct answer: CASS certifies APO/FPO addresses as domestic mail using standard ZIP codes
APO (Army Post Office) and FPO (Fleet Post Office) addresses are treated as domestic USPS mail with unique ZIP codes (09xxx, 96xxx) and are processed through standard CASS.
CASS International Address Standards 3
Under CASS certification rules, what must a mailer do when an address database contains records for US territories like Guam or the U.S.
Virgin Islands?