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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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. |
| 75 | |
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| 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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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. |
| 75 | |
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| 54 |
| Light a candle | Thread a needle | Cut facets in a diamond |
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Near Vision The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 70 | |
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| 48 |
| 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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Control Precision The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| 70 | |
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| 46 |
| Adjust a room light with a dimmer switch | Adjust farm tractor controls | Drill a tooth |
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| 55 |
| Separate laundry into colors and whites | Trace electrical circuits marked by various colored wires | Paint a color portrait of a live person |
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Extent Flexibility The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
| 65 | |
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| 55 |
| Reach for a microphone in a patrol car | Reach for a box on a high warehouse shelf | Work under the dashboard of a car |
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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). |
| 65 | |
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| 48 |
| Put things in numerical order | Follow the correct steps to make change | Assemble a nuclear warhead |
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Problem Sensitivity The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| 65 | |
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| Recognize that an unplugged lamp won't work | Recognize from the mood of prisoners that a prison riot is likely to occur | Recognize an illness at an early stage of a disease when there are only a few symptoms |
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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. |
| 60 | |
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| Sit up in an office chair | Shovel snow for half an hour | Do 100 sit-ups |
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