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← HistoryWhich consequence results if an Inca quipu contained corrupted encoding?
A)Irrigation schedule mismanagement happens downstream
B)Road network deterioration progresses unnoticed
C)Tax revenue collection becomes incorrect✓
D)Sacrificial rituals incorrectly get scheduled
💡 Explanation
Incorrect taxation follows faulty quipu data, because officials relied on quipu for precise accounting; the mechanism is numeric data encoding. Therefore, financial planning suffers, rather than a schedule error, dependent road maintenance disruption, or any sacrificial rite problems.
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