MB-310 Practice Question: Implement and Manage Accounts Payable and Expenses
An accounts payable manager needs to pay several outstanding invoices from the same vendor in a single bank transfer instead of issuing a separate payment for each invoice. The vendor is already set up with a bank account and the invoices are due. What should the manager configure or use so the invoices are consolidated into one payment?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming payment terms or fees control payment grouping, when grouping is actually governed by the payment specification on the payment method.
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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Set the vendor's payment specification to 'Per vendor' on the vendor payment method.
The payment specification on the vendor payment method controls grouping of open transactions into payments. Selecting per vendor consolidates all due invoices for the vendor into a single payment and bank transfer, which is precisely the outcome requested. Payment fees, payment terms, and per-invoice specification affect amounts or timing but never merge multiple invoices into one disbursement.
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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Change the vendor's default payment terms to 'Net 30' and regenerate the payment proposal.
Why it's wrong here
Payment terms determine the due date and cash discount calculation for an invoice, not whether invoices are grouped into a single payment. Changing terms to Net 30 would shift due dates but would not merge the invoices into one transfer. The manager's requirement is about grouping, so modifying payment terms is the wrong lever and could also change discount behavior unintentionally.
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Set the vendor's payment specification to 'Per invoice' on the vendor payment method.
Why it's wrong here
Payment specification controls whether payments are generated per invoice, per week, or per invoice date, but selecting per invoice would actually produce separate payments for each document. The manager wants the opposite outcome, a single consolidated transfer. This setting would therefore fragment the payment rather than combine the invoices, so it does not satisfy the requirement.
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Create a payment fee for the vendor and assign it to the payment method.
Why it's wrong here
Payment fees are charges added to a payment, for example a bank wire fee, and they are posted to a designated expense account. They do not affect how many payments are generated for a vendor. Adding a fee would increase the payment amount but would still leave each invoice paid separately, so it does not achieve the consolidation goal and would add unnecessary cost.
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Set the vendor's payment specification to 'Per vendor' on the vendor payment method.
Why this is correct
The payment specification on the vendor payment method determines how multiple open transactions are grouped into payments. Choosing per vendor causes all eligible open invoices for that vendor to be combined into one payment line and one bank transfer. Since the vendor already has a bank account and the invoices are due, this single setting produces the consolidated payment the manager is asking for.
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