General Engineering Introduction/Notebooks/quiz

1 Click on the triplets that will get you points for writing in the notebook:

	GoingToDo Doing Rant
	Hypothesis Procedure Conclusion
	Problem Solutions Testing
	Design Details Next Steps

2 Which are appropriate responses to mistakes or anticipation of mistakes?

	drawing a light horizontal line through text .. so that it is still readable
	taking a black marker and obliterating something so that it can not be read
	putting a big X through what one doesn't want considered
	ripping out the page
	writing in pencil or eraseable ink
	using white out, nail polish or something similar to hide the mistake

3 Why does using the margins appropriately inspire respect?

	understanding design purpose of a tool and using it appropriately
	efficient use of the pages
	there is meaning to the pattern in which white space is used
	randomness arouses suspicion

4 Why is it important to form paragraphs, lists, drawings, draw diagonal lines through unused parts and skip one line between paragraphs?

	efficient use of notebook
	makes impossible to go back and add text, drawings without destroying pattern
	patterns inspire respect
	makes it impossible to leave space to write in later

5 Why is it important to write in a font that fits between the lines?

	efficient use of notebook
	fonts way too small or large indicate a brain tumor
	easier for the instructor to read many notebooks
	indicates an attempt to make the notebook attractive and easy to read

6 When the course is over, what happens to your notebook?

	you take it home
	becomes school property
	you leave at school to inspire other students taking this class
	it is destroyed because it is no longer needed, everything important is in electronic form

7 Why should you always write in the first person using "I" when everyone is working together?

	to make it clear what you are doing versus what others are doing .. transparency
	inspires confidence in engineering project managers .. who is doing what becomes clear
	project managers expect completely different details from engineers observing the same events, writing in first person inspires this
	writing the exact same "I" statements in engineering notebooks makes manager feel comfortable that there is a consensus
	differences resolved are more respected by project managers than instant consensus among everyone involved

8 Which of these indicates Chronological Integrity?

	leaving blank spaces in the notebook to go back and write in later
	signing in and out
	using diagonal lines through blank spaces that are never going to be written in
	patterns in pen color/texture
	patterns in mood
	patterns in white space utilization

9 A title is needed at the top of the page when

	all the time
	at the beginning of a project only
	when new page is started because of a new activity/topic
	when a new page is started because of a new day
	when a new page is started because the previous one filled up

10 SignIn starts engineering. Why is this important?

	record time so can get paid or get points in the class
	record time for future project estimations
	begin engineering, feel like accomplishing something
	creates an open vessel to capture the unknown engineering accomplishments that might occur

11 Why is it important to only write down the odd pages and never leave blank spots to write in later?

	helps fill up then notebook
	violates chronological integrity
	capture next step thinking in RANT, not in blank spaces
	logical flow of thoughts and concepts is important
	need to write like a lab report or book

12 How does the discipline of notebook writing help an engineer get paid for being ignorant?

	helps you learn from nature
	helps you get better, faster at learning on your own
	helps you establish trust, transparency, accountability and respect
	helps you get better at reading manuals that do exist and improving them

13 Most students don't initially want to Rant or Signout. Why?

	afraid of loosing the creative flow
	worried brilliant thoughts will be lost forever
	don't want to earn the three points
	think the current interruption can be dealt with quickly
	want to prove they stayed up all night

14 The best notebook drawings are:

	orthographic showing 2 or 3 sides
	look like a patent drawing with arrows leaving letters or number pointing to features
	don't need words to describe them
	are also described in words as if the drawing is not there
	are large
	start small and get bigger as detail is added
	are drawn separately on paper then tapped or pasted into the notebook
	are similar to sketches made in art classes

15 What are the reasons for stopping in the middle of a page and leaving the rest of it blank?

	new day
	want to draw a big graphic, can not in the space left
	title doesn't reflect what plan to do now
	trying to fill up notebook quickly

16 Suppose it is time for lunch. You are planning on coming back from lunch. What do you do?

	sign out, draw diagonal line to the bottom of page
	sign out, no diagonal line so can sign in underneath sign out when come back
	Finish the GoingToDo Doing RANT triplet
	write note "spent one hour at lunch" in the left margin

17 The english policy in this class is

	spelling has to be correct
	has to be readable
	don't need to worry about capital letters and periods
	grammar has to be correct

18 How does a notebook turning playing into engineering?

	helps time fly, helps one focus so much that a sense of time passing is lost
	re-reading helps one continue the playing, the focus of the previous day
	notebook slows one down so that grokking can mature
	writing, re-reading helps one remember, reorganizes the brain
	notebook turns into a muse

19 Why are small triplets rewarded by counting them, rather than large triplets when grading notebooks?

	indication of time management
	indication of dealing with OCD problems
	creation of engineering boundaries
	helps prevent freshman messes

20 Writing after the fact can be detected by:

	lack of random detail
	more rational linear thought than usual
	line thickness changes in writing
	pen color changes
	fewer graded triplets than normal in the time claimed
	uniform emotion in the handwriting

21 Initially writing in a notebook feels like it is slowing you down, making you less efficient. But soon, it will speed you up because:

	your hand will stop cramping
	you will develop photographic memory
	you will stop running around in circles lost in the forest of confusion and fog
	you can pick up where you left off faster
	you do things once rather than over and over again
	you will do things over again clearly expecting to see something new

22 GoingToDo do is typically stimulated or related to:

	the project
	the title
	previous RANT
	previous Testing
	previous GoingToDo

23 GoingToDo captures:

	intention
	success
	chaos of the moment
	memories
	expectations

24 GoingToDo is trivialized and can result in the triplet not being counted if:

	repetitive for no reason
	no intention, expectation or anticipation
	logically makes no sense
	seems disconnected from any stimulus

25 Examples of doing are:

	documenting program bug
	writing a program
	documenting what trying to do that the drawing program is not letting you do
	drawing
	documenting google keywords that are closest to what is being searched for
	writing url and successful google keyword searches
	describing steps and what is working/not working
	describing only steps of the shortest path to success
	uncommon tools used
	lists of trivial materials and tools repeatedly used over and over again

26 The dangers in doing are:

	trying to prove you did something by writing
	writing huge doing and not getting as many Project triplet points
	logically not relating to GoingToDo
	RANTing inside of Doing
	avoiding RANTing by making large Doing

27 Doing is where design emerges. How?

	issues are discovered that stimulate new designs
	data is collected that helps choose between designs
	problems emerge that kill designs
	scope is discovered that constricts or opens up many more possibilities
	possibilities, alternatives are discovered

28 RANT in the context of notebook writing means:

	let loose, emphasize anything that makes you mad and write about it
	explore your feelings
	Reflect, Analyze, NexT steps
	Run ANTs through everything to dig up detail

29 The Reflect part of RANT means:

	explore personal meaning, growth, values, goals, feelings, morality
	summarize the chaos of Doing
	compare with intentions and expectations of GoingToDo
	list all the things that went wrong

30 RANT can be done

	at any time
	only when there is enough doing
	once per GoingToDo, Doing
	only when feelings are strong

31 The Analyze part of RANT includes:

	logically consistent
	say nothing new .. everything has to already be said in GoingToDo and Doing
	looks at what went right/wrong and why
	picks through Doing looking for errors, how could be done more accurately
	laments that if had more time would have ....
	describes a better (perhaps invents) tool for the job
	if could do over again would ...........
	would automate (turn into robot) this .... in the future

32 The Next Step part of Rant includes:

	short summary of GoingToDo and Doing
	suggests possible next GoingToDo
	what was expected and not expected
	at minimum is a list of the next steps

33 The goal of this course is to:

	Push students through the playing, doing it first, designing and problem solving narrative
	Turn students into problem solvers
	Turn students into designers
	Turn students into people that do things first

34 Issue characteristics include:

	No ownership
	Complete awareness by everyone
	Avoidance by everyone
	Possible engineering problem

35 Which below are owned by an individual engineer?

	Issues
	Problems
	Solutions
	Problem/Solution Pairs

36 How is an engineering problem different from what most people call a problem?

	Possible solutions are not part of the problem description.
	The next step is not finding the one solution, but visualizing many solutions/designs.
	The are no consequences because nothing is in production or use yet ... the engineer is doing something first.
	There many not be a solution.
	problems emerge from projects
	projects form around problems

37 Who is responsible for fixing an engineering problem?

	project teams of engineers form around problems, they attempt to fix them together
	the engineer who owns the problem
	the engineer that turned the issue into a problem
	a different engineer than one that created the problem, forcing engineers to communicate and document
	perhaps nobody because there is not a solution

38 Who comes up with problem/solution pairs?

	engineers
	technologists/technicians/experienced experts
	students doing homework
	teachers creating the answer key

39 Big Projects with out problems are:

	Rare
	Not engineering projects
	Always have a blame game associated with them
	Have clear requirements

40 Big Projects with requirements are:

	engineering projects
	each requirement is the result of a known "problem"
	require technologist expertise
	require scientist expertise

41 Whose problem is it that you don't know something?

	You, the engineer
	The world
	The teachers
	The text book

42 Whose problem is it that you can not follow any of the existing tutorials?

	You, the engineer
	The world
	The teachers
	The text book

43 Whose responsibility is it to create/revise/polish a tutorial you understand for others like you in the world?

	You, the engineer
	The world
	The teachers
	The text book

44 Whose responsibility is it to take this issue of not being able to follow a tutorial or non-existence of a tutorial and turn this into an engineering project?

	You, the engineer
	The world
	The teachers
	The text book

45 When an engineer is blamed or is frustrated, the engineer

	finds someone else to blame
	defines a problem
	creates a project
	creates project requirements
	starts designing solutions
	methodically checks solutions

46 An engineer deals with frustration by:

	ignoring it
	exercises, medication to deal with the pain
	leveraging it into inspiration
	reviews the frustrations in anticipation of solutions appearing in dreams
	reviews the frustrations in anticipation of 1000 questions flowing creatively
	reviews the frustrations in hopes of seeing more clearly the answers in the scavenger hunt of life

47 Engineering problems are

	lists of causes
	symptom details
	pain of change
	hopes, expectations, possibilities
	solutions
	form and function
	unit testing input and expected output
	algorithms

48 Frustration is caused by

	lack of training
	fog, uncertainty
	knowing what we don't know
	knowing what we want to know
	not knowing whether anyone else knows

49 The three parts to testing are:

	negotiating the test protocol
	describing the test
	performing the test
	analyzing the test results

50 Suppose you need to work on an engineering project, but do not have your notebook. What should you do?

	Write on a piece of paper as if you had your notebook and staple the paper into the notebook at a later date.
	Give up trying to get notebook points for what was done.
	Write a summary of what you did in your notebook at a later date and signing in and out at the later date.
	After the notebook is found, sign in with the date of the work done, write in as much detail as possible in the usual format and sign out at the estimated finish time.

51 When writing in an engineering notebook, sometimes one must stop writing on a page, draw a diagonal line to the bottom and then start writing on a new page. When is this necessary?

	Were interrupted (bathroom, lunch)
	new day
	somebody else has arrived and joined the team
	Switched to a different project/title