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In Windows process event logs, you notice both the net time and w32tm commands being executed to display the system time and timezone. Which executor name from the test configuration was responsible for launching these utilities?

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Question ID
5/23
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
22%
Success Rate
Reference Answer

Human-validated correct answer for this question

cmd.exe
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ModelAnswerKQL QueryStatusAttemptsTimeCost
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ('net time', 'w32tm') | distinct InitiatingProcessFileName
Correct
1
15.33s
0.0087
gpt-35-turbo
cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in~ ('net.exe', 'w32tm.exe') | summarize count() by InitiatingProcessFileName
Correct
1
3.98s
0.0024
gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.2285
gpt-4.1
cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in~ ('net.exe', 'w32tm.exe') | extend ExecutorName = InitiatingProcessFileName | summarize Count = count() by ExecutorName | sort by Count desc
Correct
1
3.82s
0.0108
gpt-4.1-finetuned
powershell.exe, cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("net time", "w32tm") | project TimeGenerated, Executor=InitiatingProcessFileName, AccountName, DeviceName, Command=ProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated asc | extend test_config_executor_name = Executor // Renaming a column for the answer format
Correct
2
17.83s
0.0151
gpt-4.1-mini
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in ("net.exe", "w32tm.exe") | summarize by InitiatingProcessAccountName | project ExecutorName=InitiatingProcessAccountName
Incorrect
1
17.03s
0.0021
gpt-4.1-nano
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "net time" or ProcessCommandLine contains "w32tm" | summarize count() by InitiatingProcessAccountName | order by count_ desc
Incorrect
1
1.87s
0.0005
gpt-4o
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in ('net.exe', 'w32tm.exe') | project InitiatingProcessAccountName
Incorrect
1
3.84s
0.0143
gpt-5-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.2736
gpt-5-mini-high
wipro
let suspiciousNames = dynamic(["net.exe","net","w32tm.exe","w32tm"]); // Search primary process events DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","net","w32tm") // Also consider cases where cmd.exe or powershell executes these tools via command line or ProcessCommandLine has_any (" net time","\nw32tm "," w32tm ","/c net time","/c w32tm","powershell -command w32tm","pwsh -c w32tm") | extend targetTool = case(tolower(FileName) contains "w32tm","w32tm", tolower(FileName) contains "net","net", "other") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId, InitiatingProcessParentId, targetTool | summarize Count = count(), Examples = take_any(pack_all()) by InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, targetTool | order by Count desc // Fallback to DeviceEvents for cases where DeviceProcessEvents may not capture | union ( DeviceEvents | where FileName in ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","net","w32tm") or ProcessCommandLine has_any (" net time"," w32tm ","/c net time","/c w32tm","powershell -command w32tm","pwsh -c w32tm") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId, InitiatingProcessParentId | extend targetTool = iff(tolower(FileName) contains "w32tm","w32tm", iff(tolower(FileName) contains "net","net","other")) | summarize Count = count(), Examples = take_any(pack_all()) by InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, targetTool ) | summarize Count = sum(Count), Examples = make_list(Examples, 5) by InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, targetTool | order by Count desc | project InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, targetTool, Count, Examples
Incorrect
1
15.19s
0.0036
gpt-5-mini-low
cmd.exe
// Find executions of 'net time' and 'w32tm' that show system time/timezone let cmds = dynamic(["net time","w32tm","w32tm /query","w32tm /tz","net time /domain"]); DeviceProcessEvents | where Timestamp between (startofday(datetime(1900-01-01)) .. now()) // The time range will be set by the function caller; keep broad filter for command patterns | where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has_any ("net time","w32tm") or tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has_any ("net time","w32tm") or tolower(FileName) has_any ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","w32tm") | extend matchedCommand = case( tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has "w32tm", "w32tm", tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has "net time", "net time", tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has "w32tm", "w32tm", tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has "net time", "net time", tolower(FileName) has "w32tm", "w32tm", tolower(FileName) has "net", "net", "other") | project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId, matchedCommand | where matchedCommand in ("w32tm","net time","net") | summarize FirstSeen=min(Timestamp), LastSeen=max(Timestamp), Count=count(), any_InitiatingProcessAccountName=any(InitiatingProcessAccountName), any_InitiatingProcessAccountDomain=any(InitiatingProcessAccountDomain) by InitiatingProcessId, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, matchedCommand, DeviceName | order by FirstSeen asc // Fallback: also search DeviceEvents and DeviceFileEvents for command line or filenames | union ( DeviceEvents | where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has_any ("net time","w32tm") or tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has_any ("net time","w32tm") or tolower(FileName) has_any ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","w32tm") | extend matchedCommand = iif(tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has "w32tm" or tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has "w32tm" or tolower(FileName) has "w32tm", "w32tm", "net time") | project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId, matchedCommand ), ( DeviceFileEvents | where tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has_any ("net time","w32tm") or tolower(FileName) has_any ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","w32tm") | extend matchedCommand = iif(tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has "w32tm" or tolower(FileName) has "w32tm", "w32tm", "net time") | project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine=InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName=InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName=InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain=InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId, matchedCommand ) | summarize FirstSeen=min(Timestamp), LastSeen=max(Timestamp), Count=count(), any_InitiatingProcessAccountName=any(InitiatingProcessAccountName), any_InitiatingProcessAccountDomain=any(InitiatingProcessAccountDomain) by InitiatingProcessId, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, matchedCommand, DeviceName | order by FirstSeen asc
Correct
1
20.30s
0.0055
gpt-5-mini-medium
wipro
(DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName has_any ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","cmd.exe","powershell.exe","pwsh.exe") | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("net time","w32tm","/c net time","/c w32tm") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId ) | union ( DeviceEvents | where FileName has_any ("net.exe","w32tm.exe","cmd.exe","powershell.exe","pwsh.exe") | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("net time","w32tm","/c net time","/c w32tm") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName = InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain = InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessId = InitiatingProcessId ) | sort by TimeGenerated desc | summarize FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated), Count = count() by InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessId | where Count > 0 | project InitiatorName = coalesce(InitiatingProcessAccountName, "<unknown>"), InitiatorDomain = InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatorProcess = InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatorProcessId = InitiatingProcessId, FirstSeen, LastSeen, Count | order by LastSeen desc
Incorrect
1
11.94s
0.0031
gpt-5-nano-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0107
gpt-5-nano-medium
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where InitiatingProcessFileName in ("net.exe","w32tm.exe") or FileName in ("net.exe","w32tm.exe") or (ProcessCommandLine contains "net time" or ProcessCommandLine contains "w32tm") | extend ExecutorName = coalesce(tostring(AdditionalFields.ExecutorName), InitiatingProcessAccountName) | where isnotempty(ExecutorName) | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine, ExecutorName | summarize Occurrences = count() by ExecutorName, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine, DeviceName | order by Occurrences desc
Incorrect
1
37.86s
0.0022
grok-3-beta
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in ('net.exe', 'w32tm.exe') | project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, ProcessCreationTime | order by Timestamp desc
Incorrect
1
7.62s
0.0255
grok-3-mini-beta
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains 'net time' or ProcessCommandLine contains 'w32tm' | summarize Executors = make_set(InitiatingProcessAccountName) by DeviceName | project DeviceName, Executors
Incorrect
2
19.18s
0.0029
o1-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
1.1376
o1-low
powershell
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" | where FileName in~ ("net.exe", "w32tm.exe") or ProcessCommandLine has_any ("net time", "w32tm") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, AccountName | order by TimeGenerated desc
Incorrect
1
32.09s
0.2758
o3-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0735
o3-mini-high
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "net time" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "w32tm" | project TimeGenerated, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessId | sort by TimeGenerated desc
Incorrect
1
14.26s
0.0089
o3-mini-low
empty
DeviceProcessEvents | where tolower(FileName) in ("net.exe", "w32tm.exe") | extend ExecutorName = tostring(AdditionalFields.executor_name) | summarize Count = count() by ExecutorName | sort by Count desc
Incorrect
1
17.36s
0.0125
o4-mini-high
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "net time" or ProcessCommandLine contains "w32tm" | summarize Executions = count() by InitiatingProcessAccountName | order by Executions desc
Incorrect
2
29.38s
0.0193
o4-mini-low
wipro
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"(?i)\b(?:net\s+time|w32tm)\b" | distinct InitiatingProcessAccountName
Incorrect
1
19.29s
0.0093