What Is the Age of Viability

question 84

Multiple Choice

What is the age of viability?

• A)when the fetus experiences no further cell division in the brain; between 36 and 38 weeks
• B)when the fetus can first respond to stimulation; at about 9 weeks
• C)when the fetus can survive if born prematurely; between 22 and 26 weeks
• D)when the fetus first has a heartbeat; at about 16 weeks

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Definitions:

Poisson Process

A statistical process modeling the occurrence of events in a fixed interval of time or space if these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Mean Arrival Rate

The average rate at which entities arrive in a system per unit of time, commonly used in queueing theory.

Mean Interval Time

The average time period between occurrences in a sequence of events or measurements.

Poisson Process

A stochastic process that models the occurrence of events randomly distributed in time or space.