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Beginning in the warehouse by sighting goods and then reviewing the ledger to see if those goods are recorded as Stock on Hand is an example of: A. Tracing B. Risk analysis C. Not relevant to audit D. Vouching

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Beginning in the warehouse by sighting goods and then reviewing the ledger to see if those goods are recorded as Stock on Hand is an example of: A. Tracing B. Risk analysis C. Not relevant to audit D. Vouching

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The process described in the question is an example of Tracing. Tracing is an audit procedure used to follow the details of transactions recorded in the sales journal to the underlying source documents. This process is used to check the authenticity of the recorded transactions. In this case, the goods in the warehouse (source documents) are being traced to the ledger (sales journal) to verify that they are recorded as Stock on Hand.

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