Alan Is a Freshman in the Computer Science Department

question 31

Essay

Alan is a freshman in the computer science department.One of his professors has embarrassed him in class and then mocked him saying that Alan will never be as good as he (the professor)is with computers.In order to prove the professor wrong,Alan decides to break into the main computer at the Department of Defense and leave a note saying the professor is a spy.Alan indeed hacks into the computer and leaves the message.He designed the message to erase itself after 13 hours leaving no trail and no damage to the computer.If Alan is discovered to be the hacker,has he committed a crime? Explain.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A group of values derived from statistical samples that is likely to hold the value of a population parameter that is unknown.

Population Mean

The average of all values in a complete population, representing a central value of a dataset.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed to contain the value of an unknown population parameter at a certain confidence level.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in a population.