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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 is_alive(self):
 """ Will test whether the ACS service is up and alive. """

        response = self.get_monitoring_heartbeat()
        if response.status_code == 200 and response.content == 'alive':
            return True

        return False