Importance	Abilities	Description
100	Arm-Hand Steadiness	The ability to keep the hand and arm steady while making an arm movement or while holding the arm and hand in one position
100	Manual Dexterity	The ability to quickly make coordinated movements of one hand, a hand together with its arm, or two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
90	Written Comprehension	The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
90	Oral Expression	The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
90	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.
85	Deductive Reasoning	The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to come up with logical answers. It involves deciding if an answer makes sense.
85	Inductive Reasoning	The ability to combine separate pieces of information, or specific answers to problems, to form general rules or conclusions. It includes coming up with a logical explanation for why a series of seemingly unrelated events occur together.
85	Information Ordering	The ability to correctly follow a given rule or set of rules in order to arrange things or actions in a certain order. The things or actions can include numbers, letters, words, pictures, procedures, sentences, and mathematical or logical operations.
85	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
80	Memorization	The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures
75	Written Expression	The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand
70	Category Flexibility	The ability to produce many rules so that each rule tells how to group (or combine) a set of things in a different way.
70	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
70	Visualization	The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged
70	Selective Attention	The ability to concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task over a period of time
70	Control Precision	The ability to quickly and repeatedly make precise adjustments in moving the controls of a machine or vehicle to exact positions
70	Near Vision	The ability to see details of objects at a close range (within a few feet of the observer)
65	Oral Comprehension	The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
65	Number Facility	The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly
65	Speed of Closure	The ability to quickly make sense of information that seems to be without meaning or organization. It involves quickly combining and organizing different pieces of information into a meaningful pattern
65	Perceptual Speed	The ability to quickly and accurately compare 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
65	Trunk Strength	The ability to use one's abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing
65	Speech Clarity	The ability to speak clearly so that it is understandable to a listener
60	Mathematical Reasoning	The ability to understand and organize a problem and then to select a mathematical method or formula to solve the problem
60	Wrist-Finger Speed	The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists
60	Depth Perception	The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from the observer, or to judge the distance between an object and the observer
55	Multilimb Coordination	The ability to coordinate movements of two or more limbs together (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 body is in motion
55	Reaction Time	The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to one signal (sound, light, picture, etc.) when it appears
55	Dynamic Strength	The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue
50	Time Sharing	The ability to efficiently shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources)
50	Extent Flexibility	The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs
45	Fluency of Ideas	The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a given topic. It concerns the number of ideas produced and not the quality, correctness, or creativity of the ideas.
45	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
45	Spatial Orientation	The ability to know one's location in relation to the environment, or to know where other objects are in relation to one's self
45	Response Orientation	The ability to choose quickly and correctly between two or more movements in response to two or more signals (lights, sounds, pictures, etc.). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body parts
45	Static Strength	The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects
45	Explosive Strength	The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object
45	Far Vision	The ability to see details at a distance
40	Speed of Limb Movement	The ability to quickly move the arms or legs
40	Visual Color Discrimination	The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness
40	Speech Recognition	The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person
35	Stamina	The ability to exert one's self physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath
30	Gross Body Equilibrium	The ability to keep or regain one's body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position
30	Auditory Attention	The ability to focus on a single source of auditory (hearing) information in the presence of other distracting sounds
30	Sound Localization	The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated
25	Rate Control	The ability to time the adjustments of a movement or equipment control in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a continuously moving object or scene
25	Dynamic Flexibility	The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs
25	Gross Body Coordination	The ability to coordinate the movement of the arms, legs, and torso together in activities where the whole body is in motion
20	Peripheral Vision	The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are focused forward
20	Glare Sensitivity	The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting
20	Hearing Sensitivity	The ability to detect or tell the difference between sounds that vary over broad ranges of pitch and loudness
10	Night Vision	The ability to see under low light conditions