Engineering Notebooks

True or False: An engineering notebook can serve as a legal document.

• True

• False

This is the first section of an engineering notebook.

• Table of Contents

• Daily Entries

• Title Page

• Business/Expert Contacts

True or False: Daily entries should be written in chronological order.

• True

• False

Which is not a requirement for an engineering notebook

• All pages are dated

• All pages are numbered

• All pages are signed by the designer

• All text is typed or written in pencil

True or False: If you make a mistake in a handwritten engineering notebook, you should white it out

• True

• False

When there is a blank space in an engineering notebook, you should...

• Draw a line through it

• Sign across the line

• Color the entire space black

• Both draw a line through it and sign the line

True or False: All drawings must be hand drawn.

• True

• False

If you are adding pictures and handouts to an engineering notebook, you must

• Sign across both the picture and the notebook

• Use only a strong glue

• Put a date in the top left corner of the picture

• All of the above

When you are writing daily progress entries, you should

• Explain your successes

• Discuss your failures

• Plan out future goals

• All of the above

Sketches should be

• Labeled

• Accompanied by a written description

• Neat and accurate

• All of the above