diff --git a/tests/rackspace/models/monitoring/alarm_example_tests.rb b/tests/rackspace/models/monitoring/alarm_example_tests.rb
index a20394617..bb2e2cb1e 100644
--- a/tests/rackspace/models/monitoring/alarm_example_tests.rb
+++ b/tests/rackspace/models/monitoring/alarm_example_tests.rb
@@ -1,48 +1,17 @@
 Shindo.tests('Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring | alarm_example', ['rackspace','rackspacemonitoring']) do
+
   service = Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring.new
+  alarm_example_id = 'remote.http_body_match_1'
+  alarm = service.alarm_examples.get(alarm_example_id)
 
-  tests('#entity=') do
-    tests('should create new entity if object is a string') do
-      check = Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring::Check.new
-      id = "123123"
-      check.entity = "123123"
-      returns(Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring::Entity) { check.entity.class }
-      returns(id) { check.entity.id }
+  tests('#bound?') do
+    tests('should return false if not bound') do
+      returns(false) {alarm.bound?}
     end
-    tests('should set entity if object is an entity') do
-      id = "555"
-      entity = Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring::Entity.new(:id => id)
-      check = Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring::Check.new
-      check.entity = entity
-      returns(Fog::Rackspace::Monitoring::Entity) { check.entity.class }
-      returns(id) { check.entity.id }
+    tests('should return true if bound') do
+      values = {'string' => '12345'}
+      alarm = service.alarm_examples.evaluate(alarm_example_id,values)
+      returns(true) {alarm.bound?}
     end
   end
-
-  begin
-    @entity = service.entities.create :label => "fog_#{Time.now.to_i.to_s}"
-
-    options = CHECK_CREATE_OPTIONS.merge(:label => "fog_#{Time.now.to_i.to_s}", :entity => @entity)
-    collection = service.checks(:entity => @entity)
-    model_tests(collection, options, false) do
-      tests('#update').succeeds do
-        new_label = "new_label_#{Time.now.to_i.to_s}"
-        @instance.label = new_label
-        timeout = 2
-        @instance.timeout = 2
-        @instance.save
-        @instance.timeout = -1 # blank out timeout just to make sure
-        @instance.label = nil # blank out label just to make sure
-        @instance.reload
-        returns(timeout) { @instance.timeout }
-        returns(new_label) { @instance.label}
-      end
-
-      tests('#metrics').succeeds do
-        @instance.metrics
-      end
-    end
-  ensure
-    @entity.destroy unless @entity
-  end
 end