What is the purpose of WEBP format?

• A. A lossless audio format.
• B. Created by Google for web images, it offers smaller file sizes for faster loading times.
• C. Raster image format with no transparency.
• D. Not suitable for web use.

Answer: (B)

WEBP is a web-optimized image format created by Google to store images more efficiently for online use. Its main aim is to shrink file sizes while keeping visual quality high, so websites load faster and use less bandwidth. It achieves this through both lossy and lossless compression, and it also supports features like transparency (alpha channel) and animation, which makes it flexible for various image needs on the web.

That’s why this option is the best: it clearly describes WEBP as a Google-designed format for web images that reduces file sizes to speed up loading times. It’s not an audio format, so the idea of lossless audio isn’t correct. It is a raster image format that can include transparency, so a claim of no transparency doesn’t fit. And it is indeed intended for web use, so saying it isn’t suitable for the web doesn’t apply.