“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. Which of the following is not a new feature of the Informed Delivery Mobile app?
a) Choosing when monthly bills are delivered
b) Seeing USPS Smart Locker packages
c) Updating Informed Delivery settings and preferences
d) Using a dark-viewing mode
2. The 25.4 billion mailpieces processed by the Postal Service in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 represents what change from the same quarter one year ago?
a) Decline of 1.3 percent
b) Decline of 2.1 percent
c) Increase of 0.4 percent
d) No change
3. How did a customer obtain the counterfeit stamps that Avalon, NJ, Retail Associate Patrick Selfridge identified when he sorted the mail?
a) The customer’s spouse bought them at an estate sale.
b) The customer printed them in their basement.
c) The customer’s organization purchased them online.
d) The customer stole them from a neighbor.
4. What is the term for a cyberattack in which scammers use fake QR codes to steal sensitive information, money or personal identities?
a) Delishing
b) Knishing
c) Quishing
d) Vishing
5. Who is the guest on the latest episode of the Postal Service’s “Mailin’ It!” podcast, which focuses on the nation’s westward expansion?
a) Ken Altman, Amtrak vice president
b) Mike Earp, retired U.S. marshal
c) Stella Ghervas, UCLA history professor
d) Steve Kochersperger, USPS historian
Answers: 1) a. 2) c. 3) c. 4) c. 5) d.
