Accessibility · Junior · Question 11 of 75

What `alt` should a purely decorative image have?

1No alt attribute at all
2The word decorative
3An empty one: alt=""

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Correct answer: An empty one: alt=""

Explanation

An empty alt tells assistive technology to skip the image. Leaving the attribute out is worse: some screen readers then read the file name.

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