I bought this last year for job hunting. It comes with the obi (paper band) and a separate answer booklet! There's only one place with writing (photo 4), but it's almost like new. It has many problems that are just like the real SPI, so I think it's an excellent preparation book (especially for non-verbal reasoning like math). I personally was helped by preparing for the SPI early, so I recommend starting to solve the problems as soon as possible! Buy it!