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200-901 Practice Question: Is developing a Python application that uses the…

A network engineer is developing a Python application that uses the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API. The API responses are in JSON format. Which Python module is most commonly used to parse JSON responses?

⚠ Common exam trap

Cisco often tests the candidate's familiarity with the specific Python module name for JSON parsing, and the trap here is that candidates may confuse the `json` module with other data interchange formats like YAML or XML, which are also used in networking but not for Meraki API responses.

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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json

The `json` module is the standard Python library for parsing JSON data, which is the format used by the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API responses. It provides `json.loads()` to convert a JSON string into a Python dictionary and `json.load()` to read from a file, making it the correct and most commonly used choice for handling API responses in JSON format.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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    csv

    Why it's wrong here

    csv is used for comma-separated values, not JSON.

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    yaml

    Why it's wrong here

    yaml is used for YAML data, not JSON.

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    json

    Why this is correct

    The json module provides methods for parsing JSON strings and converting Python objects to JSON.

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    xml

    Why it's wrong here

    xml is used for parsing XML data.

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