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Verbal Reasoning - English - Reading Comprehension:

Main Idea

MCQ - 77-11444

Some people proclaimed the death of the mainframe computer with the advent of desktop computers; The mainframe was the original workhorse of data entry and processing. However, the mainframe has not gone away. It is still the predominant host for data in government and industry. In addition, the mainframe concept provided the model for the current system of using central servers to store, sort, and process data. The data may be processing an online ticket purchase for a concert, a Medicare payment to a doctor, or an inventory check on the number of jeans in a manufacturer’s warehouse. All these functions run through central server- the concept behind the mainframe.

Question:

The main idea of this passage is the

  1. Continuing influence of mainframes
  2. Continuing importance of mainframe computing
  3. Importance of data to business
  4. Continuing importance of mainframe computing
  5. Many uses of central servers

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

The answer to the main idea question is neither too general nor too specific. Only choice (A) hits the right balances. It’s not the general importance of mainframes but specifically their influence on how computing is done that this the main idea of the paragraph.
The third sentence gives the idea of continuing influence of mainframe computers.

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