Engineering Notebook IED PLTW

What is an engineering notebook used for?

• To collect ideas
• A diary
• a legal method to prove you are the originator of an idea
• a notepad for various to do lists and scribblings

When using your engineering notebook you should…? Check all that apply

• Sign and Date
• Add a title
• Update the table of contents
• Scribble or scratch out things that you found out are incorrect

It's ok to literally copy and paste items into your engineering notebook.

• true
• false

What is the proper way to correct a mistake in your engineering notebook?

• scratch it out with pen
• erase it
• use whiteout
• put a single line through it and your initials

Only this type of writing implement should be used in an engineering notebook.

• Pencil
• Marker
• Permanent ink
• Erasable ink
• Pen

Can more than one person write in an engineering notebook?

• Yes
• No

I document my work in an engineering notebook so that I can trace back my steps but also so that…...

• Others can pick up where I left off
• I can secretly hide my work in a closet away from digital eyes
• My colleges can finish my work while I'm on vacation and not bother me
• the government won't know what I'm doing

You can use a notebook in a court of law to protect yourself.

• true
• false

A notebook can prove you made the correct or incorrect calculations when something goes horribly wrong.

• true
• false