Unit 1 Engineering Notebook Quiz

Removing pages from an engineers note book is acceptable as long as the remaining pages remained bound.

• True
• False

An engineer's notebook is recognized as a legal document that is used in patent activities

• True
• False

Using an engineers book is required to insure that or ideas and research is protected.  Listed below a number of requirements.  Which one is not.

• Written in Pen
• Written entries must be be dated at the time they are written in.
• All pages must be numbered in lower left corner
• Items maybe taped or glued into log book
• Log book pages must be signed by wittness

An engineering notebook can be used in a court of law to prove all of the following EXCEPT:

• why the solution in question is the best solution for the foreseeable future
• the origin of an idea that led to a solution
• when an idea became a working solution (“reduced to practice”)
• when events or ideas occurred

Referring to the standard page layout in an engineering notebook, all pages should be numbered, dated, signed by the designer and:

• signed by a witness
• signed by the engineer's supervisor.
• documented by photo and filed.
• notarized so it is official.

Referring to what is the best practice as it pertains to engineering notebooks, it is best to:

• do all work in pen.
• use a felt tip pen.
• do all work in soft leaded pencil.
• use soft erasers to ensure that all marks are erased neatly without damage to the page.

All of the following are considered "best practices" as it pertains to engineering notebooks EXCEPT:

• Use soft lead and soft erasers in order to remove stray marks efficiently.
• If you make a mistake, draw a line through it, enter the correct information, and initial the change.
• Entries begin at the top of the page, working left to right and top to bottom.
• Sign and date each page before the next page is started.

An engineering notebook is a:

• book in which an engineer will formally document, in chronological order, all of his/her work that is associated with a specific design project.
• book that is used for the documentation of projects and must contain "soft" paper without grids so that erasure marks are never seen in order to maintain a professional appearance.
• spiral bound notebook where ideas can be documented on a design project in chronological order and the pages are easily ripped out if mistakes occur.
• book that will contain all of the final drawings of a project in full scale so in order to communicate the actual size of a designed solution.

An engineering notebook is recognized as a ______ document that is used in ________ activities to prove diligence in turning the idea into a solution.

• legal, patent
• detailed, designing
• defining, designing
• soft, PLTW

All of the following are considered "best practices" as it pertains to engineering notebooks EXCEPT:

• Sign your name in cursive
• Inserted items are permanently attached.
• Sign your name so that it extends across both the notebook page and the inserted document.
• Label all parts of any sketch and describe them also.