Which of the Following Is Not One of the Foundation

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the foundation requirements for the admissibility of the absence of a record as an exception to hearsay?

• A) The proponent of the evidence must show that records are kept in the regular course of business and that the business regularly kept records.
• B) The absence of the records concerns matters that regularly were recorded by the business.
• C) The person who would have recorded the missing information is available to testify.
• D) The judge must be confident that the absence of a record is a reliable indicator that an event did not occur.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A statistical distribution showing the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming that these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Defective Items

Products that fail to meet quality standards or specifications and are therefore unsuitable for their intended use.

Poisson Distribution

The Poisson distribution is a probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events happen with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points around their mean value, quantifying how much the data points differ from the average.