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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _mock_request(self, **kwargs):
 """ A mocked out make_request call that bypasses all network calls and simply returns any mocked responses defined. """

        model = kwargs.get('model')
        service = model.service_model.endpoint_prefix
        operation = model.name
        LOG.debug('_make_request: %s.%s', service, operation)
        return self.load_response(service, operation)