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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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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. |
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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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Oral Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 69 | |
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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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Auditory Attention The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
| 66 | |
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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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Oral Comprehension The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 66 | |
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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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Gross Body Equilibrium The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
| 63 | |
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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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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. |
| 60 | |
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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. |
| 60 | |
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| Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby | Monitor security TV screens for intruders throughout the night shift | Study a technical manual in a noisy boiler room |
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Perceptual Speed The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
| 56 | |
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| Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure | Read five temperature gauges in 10 seconds to make sure each temperature is within safe limits | Inspect electrical parts for defects as they flow by on a fast-moving assembly line |
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Category Flexibility The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| 56 | |
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| Sort nails in a toolbox on the basis of length | Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell | Classify man-made fibers in terms of their strength, cost, flexibility, melting points, etc. |
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