Sandra gets a text message at 9 pm while she is at home that there is a problem with one of the servers she is responsible for. The message indicates that it is a major issue. She hurriedly grabs her laptop and logs into the VPN to check on the problem and start troubleshooting, but finds that the system appears to be running just fine. Which of the following might describe this situation?
A) False positive
B) True positive
C) False negative
D) True negative

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A false positive occurs when an alert or warning is issued incorrectly, indicating a problem where there is none. Since Sandra found the system running fine despite the alert, it's a false positive scenario.

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