Decorative Images (Trusted Tester 5B) typically have what with accessible name or description?

• A. Decorative images must have descriptive alt text.
• B. Decorative images must be hidden from screen readers.
• C. There is no accessible name or description for a decorative image.
• D. Decorative images must have aria-label.

Answer: (C)

Decorative images are meant to add visual detail without conveying content, so they shouldn’t produce any information for users of assistive technologies. The right approach is to have no accessible name or description for the image. Practically, this is done by marking the image as decorative with an empty alt attribute (alt="") or by hiding it from the accessibility tree (for example, aria-hidden="true" or a presentational role). Providing descriptive alt text would reveal meaning that isn’t present, and giving it an aria-label would create an accessible name, which defeats the decorative purpose.