Two Characteristics, or Assumptions, of the Poisson Distribution Are That

Multiple Choice

Two characteristics, or assumptions, of the Poisson distribution are that

A) the probability of success remains constant from trial to trial, and the random variable of interest is continuous.
B) the event occurring in any interval is independent of the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is continuous.
C) the event occurring in any interval is independent of the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is discrete.
D) the event occurring in any interval is dependent on the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is continuous.