The FIT battery is used for selection, placement, reassignment, and vocational counseling. It offers 18 individually sold tests that are designed to help measure distinct aptitudes or functions important to a variety of industrial positions.

Percentile norms are based on more than 40 job classifications.

Validation studies were conducted in various companies for a variety of jobs and measures were found to be related to job performance.

Note: The FIT battery differs from the FACT™ battery in that the FIT tests are generally for upper-level positions and have shorter time limits.

Dimensions of Measurement:

• Arithmetic - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide
• Assembly - Ability to visualize how separate pieces will look as a whole
• Components - Ability to identify a simple figure that is part of a complete drawing
• Coordination - Ability to control hand and arm movements while working through a series of mazes
• Electronics - Ability to understand electrical and electronic principles as well as analyze diagrams of electrical circuits
• Expression - Knowledge of correct grammar and sentence structure
• Ingenuity - Ability to think of ingenious and effective ways of solving problems
• Inspection - Ability to spot imperfections or flaws in a series of objects
• Judgment and Comprehension - Ability to read and comprehend given information
• Mathematics and Reasoning - Ability to reason through mathematical word problems
• Mechanics - Ability to understand mechanical principles and analyze mechanical movement
• Memory - Ability to memorize different terms and their meanings
• Patterns - Ability to perceive and reproduce pattern outlines accurately
• Planning - Ability to plan, organize, and schedule various types of activities
• Precision - Capacity for precision work with small objects.
• Scales - Ability to read scales, graphs, and charts
• Tables - Ability to read tables quickly and accurately
• Vocabulary - Knowledge of words used in business and government environments