Control Precision
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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| Adjust a room light with a dimmer switch | Adjust farm tractor controls | Drill a tooth |
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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. |
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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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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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| Understand signs on the highway | Understand an apartment lease | Understand an instruction book on repairing missile guidance systems |
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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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Extent Flexibility
The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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| 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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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. |
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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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Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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| Know that a stalled car can coast downhill | Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks | Design an aircraft wing using principles of aerodynamics |
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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. |
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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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