Asked by violet

An ultrasound tech is trying to identify an object, but the screen of the machine is broken. Which statement best describes this situation?

The generated sound wave will not be able to reflect off of the object.
The sound wave will not be generated, so there will be no echoes received.
The echoes will be made but will not be able to be received by the machine.
The machine can process echoes into images, but with the broken screen, they can't be displayed.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"The machine can process echoes into images, but with the broken screen, they can't be displayed."

Explanation: A broken screen only affects display. The transducer can still generate ultrasound pulses, those pulses still reflect and echoes are still received and processed into image data — but you can't view the resulting image without a working display.