| Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
| 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. |
| Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
| Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| 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. |
| Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
| Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
| Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
| Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
| Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
| Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
| Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
| Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
| Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
| Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
| Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |