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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 load_configuration(conf_path):
 """Load and validate test configuration. :param conf_path: path to YAML configuration file. :return: configuration as dict. """

    with open(conf_path) as f:
        conf_dict = yaml.load(f)
    validate_config(conf_dict)
    return conf_dict