Paragraph comprehension · Difficulty 1
Try this ASVAB-style question.
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Before sending a large file, Mira compressed it. Compression reduced the amount of data that had to travel across the network, so the transfer finished sooner. The recipient then restored the file before using it. What is the author’s primary purpose?
- To describe how compression helped a file transfer.
- Compression can make a file transfer more efficient.
- The recipient restored the file after receiving it.
- The original file contained more data than the compressed version.
Reveal answer and explanation
To describe how compression helped a file transfer.
The passage supports this answer: to describe how compression helped a file transfer..