Which term means 'capable of occurring'?

• A. Potential
• B. Ongoing
• C. Pathology
• D. Patent

Answer: (A)

Potential is the term that means capable of occurring because it denotes a possibility or capacity for something to happen in the future. It captures the idea of latent ability that hasn’t yet been actualized. An ongoing process describes something currently happening, not something that could occur later. Pathology refers to disease or the study of disease, which isn’t about future possibility. Patent can mean open or unobstructed, or refer to legal rights, but not the sense of something that could occur. So potential best conveys the idea of being capable of occurring.