AAAE ACE Communications Course Module
One - Section One Questions with Correct
Answers 2025/2026
Explain r the r history, r background, r and r basic r practices r of r the r ACC r - r CORRECT r ANSWER
r-
The r first r municipally r owned r airport r (Tuscon) r in r the r United r States r in r 1919 r with r the
r commerc rial r air r service r beginning r in r 1982. r There r are r various r different r ways r that
r comms r centers r have rdeveloped. r The r McCarran r Airport r worked r with r the r Army rAir
r Corps. r Institutions r like r AAAE, r IC rAO, r NFPA, rFAA, rand r TSA. r have r identified r the r best
r practices r and r procedures r for r these r depart rments.
Identify r the r most r common r names r used r to r describe r ACCs r in r the r industry
r today r - rCORRECT r ANSWER r -
Most rcommon rnames rfor rthe rcentral rnervous rsystem rof rcommunication rin rvarious
rindustries r are rairport rcommunications rcenter, rcomms/dispatch rcenter, rEOC, rAirport
rcommunications ro rperations, r control ror r command r center, r c-2 r c-3 r c-
4 rcenter, rairport r911 rcenter, rairport rdispatch, remergency rcommunications rcenter,
rcommunic rations r center, r security r operations r center, r fusion r centers.
Describe r the r airport r communications r system r and r its rbasic r telecommunications
r elements r - rCORRECT r ANSWER r -Airport r communications r is ran r all-
inclusive rsystem, rmeaning rall relements rof rthe rsystem rmust rbe reffectively rmanaged rand
, rplan rned. r They r must r function r together r in r harmony r so r the r system r is r capable r of
r providing r a r secur re r and r safe r environment r and r the r best r customer r service
r possible r for r all r users r of r the r airport
The r three r elements r are:
1.) the r airport r communications r specialist
2.) emerging r technology
3.) equipment
One - Section One Questions with Correct
Answers 2025/2026
Explain r the r history, r background, r and r basic r practices r of r the r ACC r - r CORRECT r ANSWER
r-
The r first r municipally r owned r airport r (Tuscon) r in r the r United r States r in r 1919 r with r the
r commerc rial r air r service r beginning r in r 1982. r There r are r various r different r ways r that
r comms r centers r have rdeveloped. r The r McCarran r Airport r worked r with r the r Army rAir
r Corps. r Institutions r like r AAAE, r IC rAO, r NFPA, rFAA, rand r TSA. r have r identified r the r best
r practices r and r procedures r for r these r depart rments.
Identify r the r most r common r names r used r to r describe r ACCs r in r the r industry
r today r - rCORRECT r ANSWER r -
Most rcommon rnames rfor rthe rcentral rnervous rsystem rof rcommunication rin rvarious
rindustries r are rairport rcommunications rcenter, rcomms/dispatch rcenter, rEOC, rAirport
rcommunications ro rperations, r control ror r command r center, r c-2 r c-3 r c-
4 rcenter, rairport r911 rcenter, rairport rdispatch, remergency rcommunications rcenter,
rcommunic rations r center, r security r operations r center, r fusion r centers.
Describe r the r airport r communications r system r and r its rbasic r telecommunications
r elements r - rCORRECT r ANSWER r -Airport r communications r is ran r all-
inclusive rsystem, rmeaning rall relements rof rthe rsystem rmust rbe reffectively rmanaged rand
, rplan rned. r They r must r function r together r in r harmony r so r the r system r is r capable r of
r providing r a r secur re r and r safe r environment r and r the r best r customer r service
r possible r for r all r users r of r the r airport
The r three r elements r are:
1.) the r airport r communications r specialist
2.) emerging r technology
3.) equipment
