Abilities

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• Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

• Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

• 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).

• Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

• 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.

• Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

• Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

• Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

• Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

• Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

• Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

• 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.

• 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.

• Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.