AQA GCSE Engineering 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
Stress - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pressure on a material (Stress = Force / Cross
sectional area)
Strain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A measure of how much a material has changed
length (Strain = change in length / original length)
Torsion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Twisting force
Tension - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stretching force
Bending - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bending force
Shear - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cutting force
Compression - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Squashing force
Young's Modulus - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A measure of the stiffness of a material
(YM = Stress / Strain)
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, Ultimate tensile strength - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The stress at which the material
actually fails
Yield strength - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The stress at which the material is
permanently deformed
Ductility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount a material can be deformed by
stretching without breaking.
Malleability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability for a material to be deformed
without breaking.
Toughness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ability to withstand an impact
hardness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ability to resist wear and abrasion
Stiffness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ability to resist bending
Cast iron - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Good compressive strength, Hard, Brittle, Rusts
easily, Relatively low cost. (Vices, Tool beds, engine blocks).
Ferrous Metal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Metals containing iron, they will mostly rust,
are magnetic.
Non-Ferrous metal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Do not contain iron.
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Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
Stress - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pressure on a material (Stress = Force / Cross
sectional area)
Strain - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A measure of how much a material has changed
length (Strain = change in length / original length)
Torsion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Twisting force
Tension - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stretching force
Bending - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bending force
Shear - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cutting force
Compression - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Squashing force
Young's Modulus - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A measure of the stiffness of a material
(YM = Stress / Strain)
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COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Ultimate tensile strength - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The stress at which the material
actually fails
Yield strength - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The stress at which the material is
permanently deformed
Ductility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount a material can be deformed by
stretching without breaking.
Malleability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability for a material to be deformed
without breaking.
Toughness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ability to withstand an impact
hardness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ability to resist wear and abrasion
Stiffness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ability to resist bending
Cast iron - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Good compressive strength, Hard, Brittle, Rusts
easily, Relatively low cost. (Vices, Tool beds, engine blocks).
Ferrous Metal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Metals containing iron, they will mostly rust,
are magnetic.
Non-Ferrous metal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Do not contain iron.
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COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED