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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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Auditory Attention
The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
| 72 | |
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| 64 |
| Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking | Listen for your flight announcement at a busy airport | Listen to instructions from a coworker in a noisy saw mill |
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Hearing Sensitivity
The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
| 72 | |
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| 68 |
| Notice when a watch alarm goes off | Diagnose what's wrong with a car engine from its sound | Tune an orchestra |
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Selective Attention
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
| 72 | |
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| 50 |
| 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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Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| 72 | |
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| 48 |
| 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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Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 72 | |
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| 55 |
| Understand a television commercial | Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport | Understand a lecture on advanced physics |
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Speech Clarity
The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| 69 | |
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| 46 |
| 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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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 66 | |
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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. |
| 66 | |
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| 46 |
| Adjust a room light with a dimmer switch | Adjust farm tractor controls | Drill a tooth |
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Flexibility of Closure
The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
| 66 | |
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| 46 |
| Tune in a radio in a noisy truck | Look for a golf ball in the rough | Identify camouflaged tanks from a high-speed airplane |
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