In Python, external libraries are brought into a program using the import statement. NumPy, which provides the ndarray type and a large collection of numerical computing functions, is conventionally imported with an alias for convenience. The standard and widely taught pattern is import numpy as np. This imports the numpy module and binds it to the shorter name np, making code more readable and reducing repeated typing, especially in mathematical expressions such as np.array(...), np.mean(...), or np.dot(...).
Option A is incorrect because the module name is numpy, not num_py. Options C and D resemble syntax from other languages (for example, “using” in C# or “include” in C/C++), but they are not valid Python import mechanisms. Python’s module system is based on imports, and the aliasing feature (as np) is built into the import statement.
Textbooks also emphasize that importing a package requires that it be installed in the active Python environment. If NumPy is not installed, import numpy as np will raise an ImportError (or ModuleNotFoundError in modern Python). Once imported, the alias np is used consistently in scientific computing materials, notebooks, and professional data analysis codebases, which is why this option is considered the correct and expected answer.
