The SQL statement:

SHOW COLLATION LIKE 'utf8%'

uses the SHOW COLLATION command to list all collations whose names begin with utf8. The % symbol is a wildcard character in SQL that matches any sequence of characters, including no characters at all. Therefore, the pattern 'utf8%' matches any collation names that start with "utf8."

For example, it could list collations like:

• utf8_general_ci
• utf8_unicode_ci
• utf8mb4_general_ci

These collations all start with utf8.

Why the other options are incorrect:

• (A) names ending in utf8%: This would match names ending in utf8 followed by any sequence of characters, but the % after utf8 means it can match anything starting with utf8, not just at the end.
• (C) names ending with utf8: This would be incorrect because utf8% matches names starting with utf8, not ending with it.
• (D) names containing utf8% anywhere: The % symbol at the end means the match is for names starting with utf8, not anywhere in the name.

Therefore, the correct answer is (B) names beginning with utf8.