MB-310 Practice Question: Implement and Manage Accounts Payable and Expenses
An accounts payable clerk must process a weekly payment run that pays all approved vendor invoices due within the next seven days while excluding invoices on payment hold. The clerk wants the system to generate the payment lines automatically rather than entering them manually. Which feature should the clerk use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse the journal used to record invoices with the feature that proposes payments based on due dates and holds.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Vendor payment proposal
The vendor payment proposal reads open vendor transactions, applies selection criteria such as due date and payment status, and writes the resulting payment lines into a payment journal. Invoices on payment hold are excluded from selection, so the clerk can generate the weekly run automatically and then post it after review.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Vendor payment proposal
Why this is correct
The payment proposal queries open vendor transactions based on criteria such as due date and payment status, then generates the corresponding payment journal lines automatically. Excluding invoices on hold is supported because held transactions are not selected. This is the standard method for building payment journals efficiently without manual entry.
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Vendor settlement
Why it's wrong here
Settlement is the process of applying a payment or credit note against open invoices, not generating payment lines. It runs after payments exist and does not query due dates or payment holds to create journal entries. Using settlement alone cannot produce the automatic weekly payment run the clerk needs.
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Vendor invoice journal
Why it's wrong here
The invoice journal is used to record vendor invoices that have already been received, not to generate payments. It posts invoice transactions to the vendor balance but does not create payment lines. Using it for a payment run would not select due invoices or exclude held ones, so it does not satisfy the requirement.
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Vendor disbursement journal
Why it's wrong here
The disbursement journal is not the mechanism that automatically proposes due invoices; payments are typically generated through a payment proposal into a payment journal. Manually creating disbursement lines would not automatically filter by due date or payment hold. The requirement for automatic generation of payment lines is met by the payment proposal feature.
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