Cut-e Attention and Concentration Flashcards

In a sustained attention task, you must spot every letter 'E' in: CONCENTRATION. How many appear?

Answer: 3

C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N: there is one 'E' at position 5; wait — also checking: CON-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N = 1 E. Answer: 1.

A form shows Date of Birth as 14/03/1985, and a copy shows 14/03/1958. What type of error is this?

Answer: Transposition error

1985 vs 1958 — the 8 and 5 in the year are transposed, making it a transposition error.

A monitoring task: you watch gauges and must flag any reading above 90. Readings: 72, 85, 91, 88, 76. Which reading should be flagged?

Answer: 91

Only the reading of 91 exceeds the threshold of 90 and must be flagged.

In a visual search, you must count squares (not rectangles) in a 4×4 grid that has four 2×2 shaded regions. How many 1×1 squares are in the grid?

Answer: 16

A 4×4 grid contains 16 unit (1×1) squares.

A proof-checking task: 'The meeting is sceduled for Wensday at 3pm.' How many errors are present?

Answer: 2

'sceduled' should be 'scheduled' and 'Wensday' should be 'Wednesday' — two errors.

You track checkbox completion rates: Task A=80%, Task B=95%, Task C=70%, Task D=85%. Which task is BELOW the 75% threshold?

Answer: Task C

Task C at 70% is the only task below the 75% threshold.