MB-310 Practice Question: Implement and Manage Accounts Payable and Expenses
A company reimburses employees for travel expenses through the Expense management module. The controller wants to ensure that when an employee submits an expense report, the system automatically routes it to the employee's cost center manager first and then to the corporate travel approver, without the employee choosing approvers. Which configuration should the functional consultant implement?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming that line review assignment types handle organizational hierarchy, when they actually route on line attributes such as category or amount.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Configure an expense report workflow with a hierarchical assignment step for the cost center manager followed by a participant step for the travel approver.
Expense report workflows support hierarchical assignment types that resolve the approver from the employee's position and cost center, so a manager step followed by a participant step for the travel approver creates the required automatic two-stage route. Approval limits and delegation settings affect thresholds or temporary reassignment but cannot construct an organizational approval chain on their own.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Create a workflow for expense reports that uses the 'Expense report line review' assignment type and set the participant to the travel approver.
Why it's wrong here
The expense report line review assignment type routes approval based on characteristics of individual expense lines, such as category or amount, not on the organizational hierarchy. Assigning the travel approver as the participant would skip the cost center manager entirely, so the first required approval would never occur. It also would not produce the sequential two-step routing the controller described.
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Enable the 'Delegate' option on the expense report parameters so employees can forward reports to their manager.
Why it's wrong here
Delegation lets an approver temporarily assign their approval authority to another person, typically during absence. It does not build an automatic approval chain, and it still requires human action to delegate. The controller's requirement is that routing happen automatically based on the organization, with no employee selection, so enabling delegation does not produce the desired behavior and leaves the process manual.
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Configure an expense report workflow with a hierarchical assignment step for the cost center manager followed by a participant step for the travel approver.
Why this is correct
Expense report workflows support hierarchical assignment types such as 'Manager hierarchy' or 'Accounting manager hierarchy', which derive the approver from the employee's position and cost center. Adding a subsequent participant step assigned to the travel approver produces the required two-stage approval sequence. Because routing is derived from organizational data, employees never select approvers manually, which satisfies all parts of the controller's requirement.
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Set the 'Approval limit' on the employee's expense category to zero so every report requires approval.
Why it's wrong here
An approval limit of zero forces approval for any amount, but it does not define who approves or in what sequence. The routing would still depend on the workflow configuration, and no manager or travel approver would be inserted automatically. This setting addresses only the threshold question, not the two-step hierarchical routing the controller needs, so it is insufficient.
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