Question

the passage below discusses some of the steps of an engineering - design challenge. select the part of the passage that describes criteria. hint: criteria are the measurable requirements that a successful solution must meet. programming a robot erica is part of the robotics club at her middle school. there is a competition coming up, and she decides to team up with a friend. the competition requires that each robot must be able to follow a specific set of computer commands. erica and her friend spend several weeks building and programming a first version of their robot. they try out their robot by giving it each required command and noting how the robot responds. unfortunately, the robot responds to only some of the required commands. erica and her friend reprogram the robot several more times before the competition.

Explanation:

Criteria are measurable requirements for a successful solution. The passage states that "The competition requires that each robot must be able to follow a specific set of computer commands", which is a measurable requirement for the robot - the solution in the engineering - design challenge.

Answer:

The competition requires that each robot must be able to follow a specific set of computer commands.