PT158.S2.Q13

PrepTest 158 - Section 2 - Question 13

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Conclusion The widespread use of encryption software, which makes electronic documents accessible by password only, will bring the writing of biographical history virtually to an end. ██████ ████████ ███████ ██████████████ ███ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ██ ████████████ ████ ████████ ███ ████ █████ ██████ ████████████ █████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ████████████ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ███████████ ██ ██████████ ██████ ████ ████ ███ █████████ ██████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that widespread use of encryption software will bring the writing of biographical history virtually to an end. This is because private correspondence, which is a central source of material for biographers, will be locked behind a password, and the author assumes that biographers typically will not have these passwords.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is the author’s prediction about what will happen to biographical writing: “The widespread use of encryption software, which makes electronic documents accessible by password only, will bring the writing of biographical history virtually to an end.”

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13.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████

a

In the future, ████ ███████ ██████████████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ █████

b

The widespread use ██ ██████████ ████████ ████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ████████████ ███████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██ ██████

c

Historians will probably ███ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████

d

In the future, ████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ████████████ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ █████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████████

e

Public figures' private ██████████████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ████ ███████████ ███ █████████ ███████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ████████████ ████████

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