| Importance |
Ability |
Ability
Description |
| 81 |
Oral Comprehension |
The ability to listen to and
understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and
sentences. |
| 78 |
Oral Expression |
The ability to communicate
information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 75 |
Written Expression |
The ability to communicate
information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
| 75 |
Speech Recognition |
The ability to identify and
understand the speech of another person. |
| 75 |
Speech Clarity |
The ability to speak clearly so
others can understand you. |
| 72 |
Written Comprehension |
The ability to read and understand
information and ideas presented in writing. |
| 72 |
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 that there is a problem. |
| 72 |
Deductive Reasoning |
The ability to apply general rules
to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| 69 |
Fluency of Ideas |
The ability to come up with a number
of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality,
correctness, or creativity). |
| 69 |
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. |
| 66 |
Inductive Reasoning |
The ability to combine pieces of
information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a
relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| 63 |
Near Vision |
The ability to see details at close
range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 50 |
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). |
| 50 |
Category Flexibility |
The ability to generate or use
different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| 47 |
Selective Attention |
The ability to concentrate on a task
over a period of time without being distracted. |
| 47 |
Time Sharing |
The ability to shift back and forth
between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech,
sounds, touch, or other sources). |
| 41 |
Visualization |
The ability to imagine how something
will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
| 38 |
Far Vision |
The ability to see details at a
distance. |
| 35 |
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. |
| 31 |
Memorization |
The ability to remember information
such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
| 28 |
Number Facility |
The ability to add, subtract,
multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
| 28 |
Speed of Closure |
The ability to quickly make sense
of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
| 25 |
Mathematical Reasoning |
The ability to choose the right
mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
| 25 |
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. |
| 25 |
Visual Color Discrimination |
The ability to match or detect
differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
| 25 |
Auditory Attention |
The ability to focus on a single
source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
| 19 |
Hearing Sensitivity |
The ability to detect or tell the
differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
| 16 |
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. |
| 16 |
Trunk Strength |
The ability to use your abdominal
and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously
over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
| 10 |
Wrist-Finger Speed |
The ability to make fast, simple,
repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
| 10 |
Depth Perception |
The ability to judge which of
several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance
between you and an object. |
| 3 |
Extent Flexibility |
The ability to bend, stretch, twist,
or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
| 0 |
Spatial Orientation |
The ability to know your location in
relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to
you. |
| 0 |
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. |
| 0 |
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. |
| 0 |
Control Precision |
The ability to quickly and
repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| 0 |
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. |
| 0 |
Response Orientation |
The ability to choose quickly
between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals
(lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct
response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
| 0 |
Rate Control |
The ability to time your movements
or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the
speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
| 0 |
Reaction Time |
The ability to quickly respond (with
the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it
appears. |
| 0 |
Speed of Limb Movement |
The ability to quickly move the arms
and legs. |
| 0 |
Static Strength |
The ability to exert maximum muscle
force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
| 0 |
Explosive Strength |
The ability to use short bursts of
muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an
object. |
| 0 |
Dynamic Strength |
The ability to exert muscle force
repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and
resistance to muscle fatigue. |
| 0 |
Stamina |
The ability to exert yourself
physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
| 0 |
Dynamic Flexibility |
The ability to quickly and
repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or
legs. |
| 0 |
Gross Body Coordination |
The ability to coordinate the
movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in
motion. |
| 0 |
Gross Body Equilibrium |
The ability to keep or regain your
body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
| 0 |
Night Vision |
The ability to see under low-light
conditions. |
| 0 |
Peripheral Vision |
The ability to see objects or
movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
| 0 |
Glare Sensitivity |
The ability to see objects in the
presence of a glare or bright lighting. |
| 0 |
Sound Localization |
The ability to tell the direction
from which a sound originated. |