Password Management Survey
The following statements relate to reasons why you use the same password without changing it. In your experience with online web accounts, indicate the extent to which you agree and disagree with the statements.
Questions 1- 5
Strongly
Disagree
Slightly
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Slightly
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Refrain
from
Answering
1) If I haven’t used some passwords for very long, I don’t need to change it
2) If I infrequently use a password, I don’t need to change it
3) I don’t change a password because I wouldn’t be able to remember a new password
4) I try to use the same password for multiple websites, so it would be inconvenient to change the password
5) I only reset the password after I’ve forgotten it
Questions 6 - 10
Strongly
Disagree
Slightly
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Slightly
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Refrain
from
Answering
6) The process for changing a password is bothersome, difficult, or unintuitive
7) It is unrealistic for me to periodically create new passwords
8) I will change a password if have been asked to change it
9) I will only change a password if I know the password has been compromised
10) If I am not protecting anything with my password, it doesn’t matter if I change it or not
Questions 11- 13
Strongly
Disagree
Slightly
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Slightly
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Refrain
from
Answering
11) I don’t have a reason to change the password on the websites I use
12) There’s never a need to change passwords for online accounts
13) Please add any other reasons you have for keeping, changing, or resetting passwords: