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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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. |
| 78 | |
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| Light a candle | Thread a needle | Cut facets in a diamond |
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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. |
| 70 | |
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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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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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| Put things in numerical order | Follow the correct steps to make change | Assemble a nuclear warhead |
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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 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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Wrist-Finger Speed
The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
| 63 | |
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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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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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Explosive Strength
The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
| 53 | |
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| Hit a nail with a hammer | Jump onto a 3-foot high platform | Throw a shot-put in a track meet |
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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. |
| 53 | |
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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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Multilimb Coordination
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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| Row a boat | Operate a forklift truck in a warehouse | Play the drum set in a jazz band |
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