Final answer:
Philo Farnsworth transmitted the first electronic TV picture, making option B the correct answer. He was pivotal in the development of the television system we use today.
Step-by-step explanation:
The first electronic TV picture was transmitted by Philo Farnsworth, which makes option B) Philo Farnsworth the correct answer to the student's question. Farnsworth was an American inventor who developed the first working electronic television system which he demonstrated on September 7, 1927. His invention laid the foundation for the modern television that we use today. Regarding the invention of the radio, it is attributed to Guglielmo Marconi, hence the correct answer to that question would be option c. Marconi. The development of television combined elements of radio and pictures, eventually leading to the first official broadcast in the United States, which was President Franklin Roosevelt's speech in 1939.