11. B
Question Type: Inference (19-23)
This question asks us the author’s purpose for including a fact found in lines 19-23. Recall the overall purpose of the passage (to discuss the challenges facing the modern archivist vis-Ã -vis modern technology). Next, find the context for these lines and put the purpose in your own words. These lines come at the beginning of the second paragraph, which discussed a potential solution to the modern archivists dilemma. In our own words, "to discuss a possible solution to a problem." Answer choice (B) presents this exact idea.
(A) This was not evidence of losing information _ it’s a possible way to save information.
(C) It’s not arguing a point, it’s raising a possible solution to a problem.
(D) It’s not more of the deterioration problem, it’s a possible way to fix it.
(E) If this author has revealed anything, it’s that he’s paranoid about data loss. He certainly does not believe the problem has been exaggerated. Contradicted.