JNCIA-DevOps Data Serialization Practice Question
An automation engineer is writing a Python script to parse a Juniper Junos NETCONF reply received in XML format and needs to convert it into a JSON structure for easier manipulation in a web application. Which built-in Python module is primarily used to handle JSON data serialization and deserialization?
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json
The 'json' module is the standard built-in Python library used for parsing, serializing, and deserializing JSON data.
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json
Why this is correct
The json module provides methods like dump(), dumps(), load(), and loads() for handling JSON data.
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pickle
Why it's wrong here
pickle is used for serializing Python objects into byte streams, not standard JSON text format.
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yaml
Why it's wrong here
yaml is a third-party library (PyYAML) used for YAML serialization, not JSON.
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xml.etree
Why it's wrong here
xml.etree is used for processing XML data, not JSON.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Juniper Networks exam blueprint
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