Layout position implies what is important and primary; you should take advantage of this to help communicate more effectively with your audience. In Western cultures, the eye starts in the upper-left position of a view. This is due to years of habit reading from left to right and top to bottom. This is where one's eye goes first by habit. Put the key message here: the answer to your starting point question.

As you travel right and lower in a view, put the visuals (including tables and text) in order of its position in the question tree. This will follow along with eye movement and the audience's thought process:

In other cultures, apply the same concept but follow the position order that aligns with reading order. For example, in Pakistan the language Urdu is written right to left - so the most important information should be in the upper right.