What is the purpose of escalation levels in alarm management, and why is a proper alarm philosophy important?

• A. Alarms categorized into levels (high, critical, informational) with appropriate actions; good alarm philosophy reduces nuisance alarms and improves safety.
• B. Alarms can be any random levels.
• C. All alarms require immediate manual shutdown.
• D. Alarms exist only for logging and do not require actions.

Answer: (A)