Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A) Entropy is an extensive property.
• B) Entropy is not temperature dependent.
• C) Exothermic processes decrease the entropy of the surroundings.
• D) ΔS_univ is always greater than zero for a nonspontaneous process.
• E) Just like enthalpy, entropy has no absolute zero value.

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Definitions:

Measurements

Quantitative data obtained by measuring objects or events using standard units.

Percentile

In statistics, this term refers to the threshold under which a specific percentage of data within a collection is observed.

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of a dataset, representing the spread of the middle 50% of the data.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical theorem stating that for any distribution, the proportion of outcomes within k standard deviations of the mean is at least 1-1/k^2 for k>1.