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What is the `client` fixture provided by pytest-django typically used for?

1. What is the `client` fixture provided by pytest-django typically used for?
2. How might a pytest-django test verify that a form or serializer correctly rejects invalid input (e.g. a missing required field)?
3. How might a pytest-django test verify that a Django view correctly returns a 404 for a request to a genuinely nonexistent object (e.g. via `get_object_or_404`)?
4. Why might CI commonly run pytest-django's full test suite with a flag like `--reuse-db` (reusing an existing test database rather than recreating it from scratch) during local development, but not necessarily in CI itself?
5. Why might a Django project using Django REST Framework specifically benefit from pytest-django's testing conventions, compared to DRF's own APITestCase?
6. How does pytest-django typically know which Django settings module to use when running tests?
7. What does the `rf` (RequestFactory) fixture provided by pytest-django let a test do?
8. Why might a pytest-django test verify a queryset's exact contents (e.g. `assert list(qs) == [expected_obj]`) rather than only checking its length?
9. Why might pytest-django blocking database access by default (unless explicitly marked) be considered a useful design decision?
10. What does the `django_db` marker (or fixture) provided by pytest-django allow a test to do?
11. What is pytest-django?
12. What is a general reason a Django project might specifically choose pytest-django over Django's own built-in test runner, given that both can ultimately run tests against the same Django application?

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