Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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| Cancel newspaper delivery by phone | Give instructions to a lost motorist | Explain advanced principles of genetics to college freshmen |
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Speech Clarity
The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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| Call numbers in a bingo game | Make announcements over the loudspeaker at a sports event | Give a lecture to a large audience |
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Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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| Understand a television commercial | Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport | Understand a lecture on advanced physics |
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Memorization
The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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| Remember the number on your bus to be sure you get back on the right one | Recite the first names of the five people you just met | Recite the Gettysburg Address after studying it for 15 minutes |
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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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| Read dials on the dashboard of a car | Read the fine print of a legal document | Detect minor defects in a diamond |
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Originality
The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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| Use a credit card to open a locked door | Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees | Invent a new type of man-made fiber |
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| Understand signs on the highway | Understand an apartment lease | Understand an instruction book on repairing missile guidance systems |
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| Recognize the voice of a coworker | Identify a former customer's voice over the telephone | Understand a speech presented by someone with a strange accent |
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Information Ordering
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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| Put things in numerical order | Follow the correct steps to make change | Assemble a nuclear warhead |
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Fluency of Ideas
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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| Name four different uses for a screwdriver | Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company | Name all the possible strategies for a military battle |
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