Question

Why should a coworker sign off as a witness for an engineering notebook

to double check the work
many engineers skip this essential step
because fraud is common in engineering
this step is needed only for inexperienced engineers

Answer 1

The answer is (A) To double check the work.

A coworker or a colleague should go over the entries and confirm the events and facts on each page and then date or sign as the witness in the specified location. Apart from the witness, no one else should write on an engineer’s notebook.