Question: You have a Linux EC2 instance that is not responding to requests and you can not connect to it via SSH. Using the EC2 console, you issued a command to stop the instance, but for the past 10 minutes the instance has been in the "stopping" state. What is the next step you should take?

1. Issue another stop action via the EC2 console, and choose the option to forcefully stop the instance.
2. Create an AMI image of the instance, and choose the option to take the image without restarting the instance.
3. Edit the instance properties and increase the instance size.
4. Contact AWS support. Any further actions could corrupt the file system.

Answer: The correct answer of the above question is Option A:Issue another stop action via the EC2 console, and choose the option to forcefully stop the instance.