Given the structure of the STUDENT table: Student (id INTEGER, name VARCHAR) Given: public class Test { static Connection newConnection =null; public…

The getDBConnection method uses a try-with-resources statement. The Connection object con is created within the scope of this statement. When the try block completes, the connection is automatically closed because Connection implements AutoCloseable. The method then returns newConnection, which is a reference to this now-closed connection. In the main method, calling newConnection.createStatement() on a closed connection object will throw a SQLException, as operations are not permitted on a closed connection.

A. The program does not execute successfully because createStatement() is called on a closed connection, which is an invalid operation.
B. The program terminates with an exception before any update can be committed, and it would not execute successfully.
D. A NullPointerException is not thrown because newConnection holds a reference to a closed Connection object; it is not null.

1. Oracle Corporation. (2017). The try-with-resources Statement. The Java™ Tutorials. Retrieved from https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/tryResourceClose.html. (This document explains that resources declared in a try-with-resources statement are closed when the statement is finished).

2. Oracle Corporation. (2021). Interface Connection. Java® SE 17 Platform API Specification. Retrieved from https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.sql/java/sql/Connection.html#createStatement(). (The documentation for createStatement() specifies it throws an SQLException "if a database access error occurs or this method is called on a closed connection").