The query uses TO_CHAR and NEXT_DAY functions to format and determine dates: * B. It returns the date for the first Monday of the next month: The function NEXT_DAY(LAST_DAY(SYSDATE), 'MON') finds the next Monday after the last day of the current month, effectively giving the first Monday of the next month. The TO_CHAR formatting is used to return this in a readable format.