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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 _get_monitoring_heartbeat(self):
 """ Tests whether or not the ACS service being monitored is alive. """

        target = self.uri + '/monitoring/heartbeat'
        response = self.session.get(target)
        return response