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Question 5: Explain the distinctions between the ‘++a’ (pre-increment) and ‘a++’ (post-increment) operators in C.

Question 12: What is the purpose of the fopen() function in C file handling? What are the key arguments it takes, and what does it return upon success and failure?

Question 3: Explain the purpose and usage of single-line and multi-line comments in C code.

Question 20: Explain the purpose and significance of function prototypes (declarations) in C. What role do they play in ensuring type safety and proper function invocation?

Question 8: Describe the purpose and behavior of the ‘break’ statement within a ‘switch’ statement in C. What happens if a ‘break’ statement is omitted from a ‘case’ block?

Question 9: What is the role of the ‘default’ case in a ‘switch’ statement, and is its placement within the ‘switch’ structure mandatory?

Question 14: What is the ASCII code, and how is it relevant to character representation and manipulation in C programming?

Question 1: What is the purpose of a “newline” character in C, and how is it represented within a string literal?

Two part question: Review the DDL script below and answer the following two questions: 1. Identify and describe two distinct (cannot be the same issue in a different place) script-related problems in this code.  These issues could potentially cause errors or unwanted outcomes. Upper and lower cases do not cause issues. 2. Assuming the issues are fixed and the script ran without errors, what will be the result after it runs meaning what will exist in the database? CREATE TABLE members (     uteid             varchar(20)     primary key,     first_name  varchar(30),     last_name   varchar(40),     email            char(15),     phone           varchar(12),     grade            number(1),     birthdate      date )   CREATE TABLE committees (    committee_id           NUMBER(5)              PRIMARY KEY,    committee_name     VARCHAR(30),    semester_year          VARCHAR(4) )   CREATE TABLE member_committees (    uteid                    VARCHAR(20),    committee_id      NUMBER(5),    CONSTRAINT   uteid_committtee_pk     PRIMARY key  (committee_id),    CONSTRAINT   uteid_fk                         FOREIGN KEY (UTEID)  References  members (UTEID),    CONSTRAINT   committee_fk                foreign key (committee_id)  references  committees (committee_id) )   DROP TABLE member_committees DROP TABLE members DROP TABLE committees

When sub-dividing data elements, the rule of thumb is to always subdivide a composite attribute into smaller components no matter the context in which the data is used.  True or False.  Also, concisely explain why.