Thermodynamic Ensembles MCQs with Answers

Which ensemble is appropriate for describing a system in equilibrium with a large heat reservoir at constant temperature and volume?

In which ensemble does the system have a fixed number of particles and can exchange energy with its surroundings?

Which ensemble is appropriate for describing a system in equilibrium with a large particle reservoir at constant temperature and chemical potential?

In which ensemble is the number of particles fluctuating?

Which ensemble is appropriate for describing a system with fixed temperature and volume?

Which ensemble is appropriate for describing a system in equilibrium with a large particle reservoir at constant temperature and pressure?

Which ensemble is used to describe a system in contact with a heat reservoir at constant temperature and volume?

Which ensemble describes a system in contact with a heat bath at constant temperature, volume, and particle number?

In which ensemble does the system exchange both energy and particles with its surroundings?

What is the total energy of a system described by the microcanonical ensemble?

What is the primary variable fixed in the canonical ensemble?

Which ensemble is used to describe an isolated system?

What is the primary variable fixed in the grand canonical ensemble?

Which ensemble is appropriate for describing a system in contact with a large particle reservoir at constant temperature and pressure?

What is the primary variable fixed in the canonical ensemble?

Which ensemble is used to describe a system in contact with a large heat reservoir at constant temperature and pressure?

In which ensemble is the temperature fixed?

Which ensemble considers fluctuations in both energy and particle number?

Which ensemble is used to describe a system in contact with a particle reservoir at constant temperature?

Which ensemble is appropriate for describing a system in equilibrium with a large heat reservoir at constant temperature and pressure?

Which ensemble is used to describe a system with fixed temperature and pressure?

Which ensemble is most suitable for describing systems with fixed energy, volume, and particle number?

Which ensemble describes a system in contact with a heat bath at constant temperature, volume, and particle number?

What is the primary variable fixed in the canonical ensemble?

In which ensemble is the pressure fixed?

In which ensemble does the system exchange neither energy nor particles with its surroundings?

Which ensemble is used to describe a system in contact with a particle reservoir at constant temperature and chemical potential?

In which ensemble are the volume and the number of particles fluctuating?

In which ensemble does the system have fixed temperature and volume?

In which ensemble does the system have fixed temperature and particle number?

In which ensemble does the system exchange particles but not energy with its surroundings?

Which ensemble is used to calculate the thermodynamic properties of a system in contact with a heat reservoir at constant temperature?

What is the primary variable fixed in the microcanonical ensemble?

In which ensemble is the number of particles fluctuating?

What is the total energy of a system described by the microcanonical ensemble?

Which ensemble is used to describe a system that can exchange energy with its surroundings but not particles?

In which ensemble are the number of particles fixed?

In which ensemble does the system exchange energy but not particles with its surroundings?

Which ensemble describes a system isolated from its surroundings with fixed energy, volume, and number of particles?

In which ensemble is the energy fixed?