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The spark.table() function in PySpark allows you to access tables registered in the catalog, including Delta tables. By specifying the table name ("sales"), the data engineering team can read the Delta table and perform various operations on it using PySpark.
Option A, SELECT * FROM sales, is a SQL syntax and cannot be directly used in PySpark.
Option B, "There is no way to share data between PySpark and SQL," is incorrect. PySpark provides the capability to interact with data using both SQL and DataFrame/DataSet APIs.
Option C, spark.sql("sales"), is a valid command to execute SQL queries on registered tables in PySpark. However, in this case, the "sales" argument alone is not a valid SQL query.
Option D, spark.delta.table("sales"), is a specific method provided by Delta Lake to access Delta tables directly. While it can be used to access the "sales" table, it is not the most common approach in PySpark.