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Ability Areas

Learn about the most important abilities for Word Processors and Typists. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each ability.

Importance*More Info
1.Static Strength75
2.Written Comprehension69
3.Extent Flexibility63
Information Ordering63
Oral Comprehension63
6.Dynamic Flexibility56
Perceptual Speed56
Oral Expression56
9.Manual Dexterity53
Category Flexibility53
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Ability Area Scores

Static Strength
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
75
59
Read dials on the dashboard of a carRead the fine print of a legal documentDetect minor defects in a diamond
Written Comprehension
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
69
50
Understand signs on the highwayUnderstand an apartment leaseUnderstand an instruction book on repairing missile guidance systems
Extent Flexibility
The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
63
43
Recognize the voice of a coworkerIdentify a former customer's voice over the telephoneUnderstand a speech presented by someone with a strange accent
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).
63
39
Put things in numerical orderFollow the correct steps to make changeAssemble a nuclear warhead
Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
63
50
Understand a television commercialUnderstand a coach's oral instructions for a sportUnderstand a lecture on advanced physics
Dynamic Flexibility
The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
56
38
Call numbers in a bingo gameMake announcements over the loudspeaker at a sports eventGive a lecture to a large audience
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
36
Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressureRead five temperature gauges in 10 seconds to make sure each temperature is within safe limitsInspect electrical parts for defects as they flow by on a fast-moving assembly line
Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
56
46
Cancel newspaper delivery by phoneGive instructions to a lost motoristExplain advanced principles of genetics to college freshmen
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.
53
34
Put coins in a parking meterAttach small knobs to stereo equipment on an assembly linePut together the inner workings of a small wrist watch
Category Flexibility
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
53
39
Sort nails in a toolbox on the basis of lengthClassify flowers according to size, color, and smellClassify man-made fibers in terms of their strength, cost, flexibility, melting points, etc.