Psychological Apparatus, Test of Manual Dexterity
date: label: date made
content: ca 1985
label: date made
content: ca 2005
name: label: maker
content: Dell Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A Manual Dexterity Board like this one determined the hand/eye coordination of all applications for computer assembly positions at Dell Inc.'s Winston-Salem plant.. The pegboard is place upright in the middle of the case, like the board games Battleship or Connect Four, with the white pegs one one side and the black holders on the other. Using their right hand for the one color and their left hand for the other, applicants had five minutes to assemble white pegs into the white from opposite sides of the board following the directions from an HR generalist. The minimum score to pass the test was 74.
label: Description
content: Dell opened a plant for manufacturing laptop computers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 2005. It would close in early 2010.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dell Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0042.06
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0042.06
label: accession number
content: 2007.0042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Test Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (closed): 1 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 37.465 cm x 34.925 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (testing setup): 14 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 37.465 cm x 37.465 cm x 34.925 cm