Engineering Notebook

An engineer should use Engineering Notebooks to write down every idea, drawing, computation/calculation, observation, meeting notes/class notes, questions/answers, and interactions with other people or organizations.

• True
• False

Engineers should keep their Engineering Notebook up to date and have it witnessed often by anyone.

• True
• False

Engineers can use a loose leaf notebook as their Engineering Notebook.

• True
• False

An engineer should use a pencil to record legible and neat entries in his/her Engineering Notebook.

• True
• False

You don't have to use both sides of a page in your Engineering Notebook.

• True
• False

You may use permanent marker in your engineering notebook.

• True
• False

The Engineering Notebook can be used in a court of law to establish intellectual property ownership.

• True
• False

Pages must be numbered in the Engineering Notebook.

• True
• False

Engineering Notebooks are the property of the engineer and NOT the company in which they work.

• True
• False

When you make an error:

• Scratch it out completely
• Erase it
• Draw a line through it
• X it out