ACAWS stands for?

• A. Advisory Caution and Warning System
• B. Automatic Control and Warning System
• C. Aircraft Caution and Warning System
• D. Advisory Control and Warning System

Answer: (A)

ACAWS is the cockpit alerting system that presents three levels of messages to the crew: advisories, cautions, and warnings. This structure helps pilots understand the urgency and respond appropriately, with advisory information, conditions needing attention (cautions), and urgent hazards requiring immediate action (warnings). The best match is “Advisory Caution and Warning System” because the term explicitly uses those three categories in that order, aligning with how the system communicates urgency to the flight crew. The other options mix in terms like Aircraft or Automatic and replace or reorder the categories, which doesn’t reflect the established naming and function of ACAWS.