USPS SSA ACADEMY 421 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (100% PASS)
Postal service employees operate under a mandate to protect and preserve the mail placed in its: -
✔️✔️Custody
A violation of the security and sanctity of the mail is: - ✔️✔️Failing to deliver the mail.
The first opportunity for a sales and services associate to start the customer experience on a
positive note is to: - ✔️✔️Deliver a first impression.
The type of communication that can enhance or contradict messages is: - ✔️✔️Non - verbal
communication
approach a sales and services associate can use to engage our customers and ensure their need
are met is: - ✔️✔️A+GIST
Why is maintaining the security and sanctity mail one of the core responsibilities of the Postal
Service ? - ✔️✔️Instills customer confidence.
Successful sales transactions occur when the Sales and Services Associate (SSA): - ✔️✔️Makes an
informed mutual decision with the customer on products services.
What is the most positive way to impact customer perception of the Post Office? - ✔️✔️Provide
world - class customer service
The U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches: - ✔️✔️Every address in the
nation six days a week.
An organized workstation creates a more _________ workplace. - ✔️✔️Efficient
How a Sales and Services associate ( SSA ) conducts themselves on the job effects the: -
✔️✔️Postal brand
An active listening technique used to create a successful transaction is called: - ✔️✔️Clarifying.
One of the first things a customer notices about a Sales and Services Associate (SSA) is their: -
✔️✔️Personal appearance
The primary law enforcement for the United States Postal Service the: - ✔️✔️Postal Inspection
Service
Preferred services that usually offer the customer the best value are: - ✔️✔️Priority Mail Express
and Priority Mail
A customer wants to mail fewer than 5,000 flat-sized mailpieces to everyone in a specific area.
The Sales and Services Associate (SSA) may offer the service: - ✔️✔️Every Door Direct Mail-
Retail
First Class Mail consists of greeting cards, statements, bills, and: - ✔️✔️Business documents
Any mailable item weighing _____ or less can be sent First-Class Mail. - ✔️✔️13 oz
A Priority Mail Express customer is entitled to a refund if the item was: - ✔️✔️Delivered to the
recipient late.
Regardless of weight up to 70 pounds, the price that applies to USPS Retail Ground parcels
measuring over 108 inches but not more than 130 inches in combined length and girth is -
✔️✔️Oversized pricing.
The maximum length and girth for Priority Mail® is - ✔️✔️108 inches
A change of address is valid for: - ✔️✔️18 months
When a customer requests Premium Forwarding Service Residential (PFSR), the mailpieces are
mailed to the customer using Priority Mail service : - ✔️✔️Weekly
First - Class mail can be ______ for free up to 12 months - ✔️✔️Forwarded
Migratory Bird Stamps are essential for - ✔️✔️Hunting .
Designated Post Offices have a service called ______ available for transients - ✔️✔️General
Delivery
Which premium service for individuals or companies offer more pickup times? - ✔️✔️Caller
service
What premium service is used for individuals or companies that have more mail each day than
the largest box holds? - ✔️✔️Caller service
An optional, free daily preview of mailpieces to be delivered is called : - ✔️✔️Informed Delivery
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