A user has setup a CloudWatch alarm on an EC2 action when the CPU utilization is above 75%. The alarm sends a notification to SNS on the alarm state. If the user wants to simulate the alarm action how can he achieve this?
A) Run activities on the CPU such that its utilization reaches above 75%
B) From the AWS console change the state to 'Alarm'
C) The user can set the alarm state to 'Alarm' using CLI
D) Run the SNS action manually

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The user can set the alarm state to 'Alarm' using the AWS CLI to simulate the alarm action without actually increasing the CPU utilization.

A User Has Setup a CloudWatch Alarm on an EC2