Manual Dexterity
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
| 80 | |
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| Screw a light bulb into a light socket | Pack oranges in crates as quickly as possible | Perform open heart surgery with surgical instruments |
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Visualization
The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
| 75 | |
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| Imagine how to put paper in a typewriter so that the letterhead comes out on top | Follow a diagram to assemble a metal storage cabinet | Anticipate opponent's as well as your own future moves in a chess game |
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Wrist-Finger Speed
The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
| 70 | |
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| Use a manual pencil sharpener | Carve roast beef in a cafeteria | Type a document at 90 words per minute |
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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 65 | |
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| 46 |
| 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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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). |
| 60 | |
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| Put things in numerical order | Follow the correct steps to make change | Assemble a nuclear warhead |
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Control Precision
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| 55 | |
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| 46 |
| Adjust a room light with a dimmer switch | Adjust farm tractor controls | Drill a tooth |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
| 55 | |
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| 46 |
| Light a candle | Thread a needle | Cut facets in a diamond |
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Trunk Strength
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
| 50 | |
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| Sit up in an office chair | Shovel snow for half an hour | Do 100 sit-ups |
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Finger Dexterity
The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
| 50 | |
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| 46 |
| Put coins in a parking meter | Attach small knobs to stereo equipment on an assembly line | Put together the inner workings of a small wrist watch |
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