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<!-- (Audio) Mark: That's true. The logs showed that the database was receiving an unusually high number of queries before it crashed. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

What did the logs find that might have caused the crash?

--answers--

A sudden hardware failure.

--feedback--

The cause mentioned is not related to hardware problems.


The database was getting too many requests.


The software was updated incorrectly.

--feedback--

There is no mention of software updates causing the crash.


There was a power outage.

--feedback--

Power issues are not discussed here.

--video-solution--

2

--explanation--

The Past Continuous tense (was/were + verb in the -ing form) describes an action that was happening over a period of time in the past. It is often used together with a Simple Past event to show that the continuous action was interrupted or happened before another event. For example:

She was working on the report when the computer crashed. – The action of working was ongoing when the crash (Simple Past) happened.

--scene--

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        },
        "opacity": 0
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    ],
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      "filename": "B1_21-3.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 8.9,
      "finishTimestamp": 15.0
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    },
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      }
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        "text": "an unusually high number of queries before it crashed.",
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